What is recorded here
Mortons stands in an open pasture where sight runs unbroken to every horizon. The rectangular stone aligns northeast to southwest, rising nearly two metres with edges broad enough for a person to touch on either side. It is not a distant monument behind fences or a name forgotten in a book. It is a marker set where the land can be read at a glance, perhaps guiding someone home or warning them that the place was already claimed.
In pasture with commanding views in every direction. Rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 1.9m; 1.35m x 0.71m).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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