What is recorded here

Mortons stands in a rough pasture above Aghadowey, a weathered column of dark stone that has watched the coast since before roads existed. People may have gathered there to mark season, loss or love, while the Atlantic wind stripped the land clean of proof. The stone does not need belief to be true, but it becomes company when you sit beside it and listen.

In rough pasture, on NW-facing slope. Stone (H 1m; 0.75m x 2.05m) is irregular in plan and shape, leaning heavily to S; long axis NW-SE. Second standing stone (10003) c. 50m to ENE; third stone (10004) c. 65m to SE in adjacent field. Bowman (1934, 607) recorded group of four standing stones in J. Lyons. 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

Standing stone in Glenaknockane likely dates to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age and may have functioned as a marker within a ritual or territorial landscape. Its alignment and association with nearby stones suggest possible ceremonial or astronomical significance.

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