What is recorded here

No visible trace remains of the Dromaneen standing stone, which stood about eighteen metres south of a local ringfort. A broken fragment measured under two feet high and nearly ten feet around when last described, suggesting a massive stone now lost to soil or scavenging. Its disappearance does not diminish the place; it sharpens the mystery of what human hands erected there and what time has erased.

Bowman (1934, 588) recorded standing stone c. 18m S of ringfort (12439); 'Part was broken off, remaining portion 1ft 10 in high, by 9ft 7 in girth'. No surface trace survives. 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

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to the nearby ringfort. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this site.

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