What is recorded here

An unnamed standing stone pair in County Cork, Ireland may have marked a boundary, a burial, a meeting place or a forgotten road. The larger stone stood about six feet tall and tapered toward a rounded top, while the smaller stone reached about three feet. They faced one another across a narrow gap, aligned from northeast to southwest like a door left open for someone who has stopped coming back.

According to correspondence dating to 1939, a possible standing stone pair stood in 'Drinaglough' near Ballydehob (SMR file). As there is no townland of that name in the area, it is presumed that this is a local corruption or variant of the name Dereennaclogh, a townland to the N of Ballydehob. The sketch plan accompanying the correspondence shows two stones, aligned NE-SW, one 3 feet [0.91m] and the other 6 feet [1.83m] in height; the latter is shown as tapering from a wide base to a narrow rounded top. Both stones are represented as rectangular in plan. The correspondent also mentioned the existence of a possible stone row (CO131-067----) and a possible cairn (CO131-068----) in the area. Despite enquiries in 2005, the exact location of this possible standing stone pair is unknown. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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