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Standing stone in Knockbrack (magunihy By.)

Standing stone

What is recorded here

Knockbrack holds a fallen sandstone pillar, nearly two metres long and tapering like a broken finger, lying in level pasture below a south-facing slope. Fifteen metres north, rock art and an ogham stone still stand, suggesting the pillar once joined a larger arrangement rather than marking a solitary boundary. The absence of a visible upright does not erase the place; it redirects attention to the carved stones nearby and the possibility that Knockbrack was a small ceremonial cluster, not a single monument.
In level pasture, at the base of a S-facing slope. There are no visible remains of the possible standing stone described as a prostrate sandstone pillar (L 1.78m; Wth 0.52m; T 0.2m), tapering inward towards the upper end (SMR file). Rock art (KE047-105----) and an ogham stone (KE047-105001-) lie c. 150m to the N. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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