What is recorded here

Marianne and Seamus walked the NNE-SSW line, measured its 2.3m height, and wrote the lozenge's dimensions in a Cork inventory. They left the stone beside the bog, facing Bantry Bay, where it had stood before roads, fields or memory.

In mountainous bogland with view over Bantry Bay to SSE. Lozenge-shaped stone aligned NNE-SSW (H 2.3m; 1.15m x 0.85m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Dated to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker or ceremonial monument. Its alignment and location suggest a possible astronomical or ritual significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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