What is recorded here

Barnagowlane East holds a tapering stone, wide at the base and flat on top, pointing northeast across the Mealagh River valley. It stands in pasture on a northwest-facing slope, small enough to touch but old enough to have watched seasons change since before human memory. The Maughnaclea Hills appear beyond the water, unchanged and distant, while the stone remains steady in the grass.

In pasture, on a NW-facing slope with a view across the Mealagh River valley to the Maughnaclea Hills. This standing stone (1.8m x 0.7m; H 1.3m) tapers from a wide base to a narrow flat top and is orientated NE-SW. (Myler 1998. 81-2) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ceremonial or territorial significance, possibly aligning with solar or lunar events given its orientation. No specific folklore or inscriptions are recorded.

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