What is recorded here
Standing stone in Commons South stood on a south-facing pasture slope in County Cork until removal in the late 1970s or early 1980s. It measured 3ft 9in high and 14in girth according to Bowman in 1934. The stone was buried where it stood rather than carried elsewhere.
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Removed late 1970s or early 1980s and buried where it stood. Stone, according to Bowman (1934, 119), was '3ft 9in high, 14in girth'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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