What is recorded here

One stone lies fallen and one still stands on a bog saddle above the Foherish River valley, aligned east to west like a sentence broken in half. The standing stone rises a little over a metre, thin as a doorpost, while its partner rests beside it, worn and quiet. Together they measure about two and a half metres, small enough to be overlooked, yet placed where the land opens westward as if marking a boundary, a path or a promise.

In cut-away bog on saddle between two hills overlooking Foherish River valley to W. W stone is prostrate; it measures 1.65m by 0.7m and is 0.55m T. Second stone stands 1.1m to E; it is 0.75m L, 0.3m T and 1.05m H. Stones appear to have been aligned E-W; estimated overall length is c. 2.5m. 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

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the pair of stones may have functioned as a boundary marker, ritual site, or astronomical alignment. Local folklore sometimes associates such paired stones with legendary figures or protective charms against supernatural forces.

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