What is recorded here

Derreenacrinnig East holds a thin rectangular slab where opposite cupmarks nearly pierce through the stone. That much is clear. Whether the hole was made by tools or is the edge of a door into elsewhere belongs to wonder, not fact.

On a break of a NNW-facing slope, at the foot of a ridge. This standing stone was recorded in March 1996 and described as a thin, rectangular, upright slab (1.2m x 1.32m x 0.6-0.1m) on a NNW-SSE orientation. There is a single cupmark on both sides of the slab: the cupmark on the ENE side measures 0.08-0.09m in diameter and is 0.05m deep; the cupmark on the WSW side measures 0.07m in diameter and is 0.04m deep. The cupmarks are positioned exactly opposite each other so that they almost form a hole through the slab. (SMR file) 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 served a ceremonial or territorial function. No inscriptions or carvings are noted, and local folklore or specific use remains unrecorded.

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