What is recorded here

One chamber held half a village and a standing stone marked the field where people died. Then men pulled the stone out and drove it into road work. The field gave back nothing visible, but it kept the shape of every event it recorded. Forgetting is not the same as removing.

In pasture, on SSE-facing slope. Bowman (1934, 533) recorded standing stone, '...3ft by 2ft 3in by 5in' on M. O'Keeffe's land. Removed in 1950s. No visible surface trace remains. Site of church and burial ground (14099) in same field. 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 late Neolithic or Bronze Age, the standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to the nearby medieval church and burial ground. Its removal in the 1950s has left its original meaning and use largely unrecorded.

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