What is recorded here

Standing stone in Cloontreem is a rough rectangular stone leaning southeast on a ridge above Castletownbere and the Miskish Mountains. It stands in pasture, not hidden in forest, as if anyone passing could read its tilt and answer the sea below. The stone may have marked a boundary, a meeting place or a warning about the water, yet it still points toward what people once watched from that ridge.

In rough pasture, on a NE-SW ridge with a view S-W to Castletownbere and Berehaven Harbour and the Miskish Mountains. This standing stone (0.75m x 0.35m; H 1.25m) is roughly rectangular in plan and is orientated NE-SW. The stone leans to the SE. 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 aligned with landscape features or astronomical events. No specific folklore or recorded use has been associated with the site.

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