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Standing stone in Canrooska

Standing stone

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Standing stone in Canrooska is a rectangular stone 1.8m high in rough hill pasture above the Canrooska River valley. It stands on bog, facing west, with its long edge drawn from east to west. The valley drops away below like a green throat, and the stone marks the edge where the land stops being ordinary.
In rough hill pasture, on bog, on a W-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Canrooska River. This standing stone (1.5m x 0.6m; H 1.8m) is rectangular in plan and is orientated E-W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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