What is recorded here

Knockanoulty holds a subrectangular standing stone twenty centimetres taller than a person, buried partly inside a stone wall on an east-facing slope above Lough Hyne. Its south face carries seventeen cup-marks, each no wider than a palm, beside three incomplete marks that suggest a chisel hesitated or left before finishing. The stone tapers upward like a finger pointing across the water, not toward heaven but toward whatever the marker was meant to remember.

Incorporated into stone wall on E facing slope overlooking Lough Hyne. Subrectangular stone (H 2.04m; 0.87m; 0.34m) tapering towards top; long axis E-W. Seventeen cup-marks (max. diam. 0.17m) on S face; three incomplete cup-marks also noted. Example of rock art (CO150-028001-) to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Probably dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, given the presence of cup-marks, which are commonly associated with ritual or ceremonial practices. The alignment and location may have had astronomical or territorial significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.