What is recorded here

Dromasmole once held a central standing stone, forty-five inches tall, anchored in a line stretching three hundred and twenty yards northeast. The stone is gone now, erased from the soil without a trace, leaving behind an empty lane where markers still point to forgotten coordinates. What remains is a ghost of alignment, a neat row of absence that challenges memory itself.

One of four stones (CO073-017----; CO073-019----; CO073-020----) referred to by Hartnett (1939, 154) in this townland. Central stone (H 45ins) of 'extended line' of three stones 'running NE for about 320 yards'. Removed. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, the stone may have been part of a ritual or territorial alignment. Its removal disrupts understanding of its original use, though such lines may have had ceremonial, astronomical, or boundary-related functions.

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