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Standing stone in Cloghboola Beg

Standing stone

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Cloghboola Beg holds a standing stone in bogland on a west-facing slope, its irregular body caught inside an old field boundary. The stone rises 1.15m, spans 1.1m by 0.7m, and aligns from north-northeast to south-southwest. It may have marked a boundary, a memory, or a warning, while people came and went above the bog.
In bogland, on W-facing slope. Stone (H 1.15m; 1.1m x 0.7m) is irregular in plan, incorporated into old field boundary running NW-SE. Long axis NNE-SSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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