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Standing stone in Derrynacaheragh

Standing stone

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Thirty-two metres east of the stone alignment, the rectangular marker still points northeast and southwest across open bogland. It stands seventy-five centimetres tall, small enough to touch yet placed where the land drops away in every direction. Perhaps people read that alignment during storms, perhaps they simply watched the horizon change colour above the wet earth.
In bogland with commanding views in every direction. Rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 0.75m; 0.58m x 0.46m). Stone alignment (CO107-01102-) 32m to W. 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

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