What is recorded here

Dysert holds three standing stones, including this rectangular block rising 1.4m on a north-facing slope. Bowman counted them in 1934, but they may have watched herds, marked boundaries or waited for ceremonies long before that. The stone does not need a legend to be strange. It stands in pasture, unbroken and patient, while people come and go around it.

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Stone (H 1.4m; 1.1m x 0.6m) is roughly rectangular in plan and shape, long axis N-S. One of 3 standing stones (9979, 9980) recorded by Bowman (1934, 343) in this townland. 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

Dated to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, this standing stone may have been part of a small ritual or territorial monument group. No specific folklore or detailed function is recorded for this stone.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.