What is recorded here

Knockardbane holds a leaning stone, tall enough to touch but narrow enough to grasp, watching the Awbeg River from a grassy slope. A second stone waits forty metres away, suggesting the field once contained a conversation rather than a lonely marker. People may have tied horses, dropped coins or simply pointed at the horizon before leaving. The stones remain steady while memory wavers around them.

In pasture, on N-facing slope overlooking Awbeg River. Stone (H 1.32m; 0.34m x 0.2m), narrowing towards top, is rectangular in plan and leaning to W, long axis NE-SW. Second stone (10055) 40.6m to SW. 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 Bronze Age, the standing stone may have served a ritual or territorial function. No specific folklore or detailed meaning is recorded for this site.

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