What is recorded here
Mortons and others may have admired it or feared it. That is life, not fantasy. The stone remains the anchor because it is the only part of the story that still exists.
On bank on N side of avenue leading to Spitalfields House. Stone (H 0.8m; 0.8m x 0.7m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis N-S.
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
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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