What is recorded here

Mortons stands in reclaimed pasture, its trapezoidal body leaning slightly NE-SW like a tired sentry. Packing stones still crowd its base, proving it was set deliberately rather than dropped by chance. It faces ancient walls and enclosures, suggesting people once measured distance, marked ownership or prayed to something invisible. The stone has watched fields drain, fences rise and memory fade, yet it remains the clearest witness to human presence on that hill.

In reclaimed pasture, on hilly ground c. 102m to S of enclosure (CO080-022----) and c. 50m to S of pre-bog walls (CO080-023---). Stone (H 1.43m; 1.2m x 0.51m) is trapezoidal in plan, with packing stones exposed at base; long axis NE-SW. 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, this standing stone may have had a ritual or territorial function. No specific folklore or detailed meaning is recorded for the site.

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