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Standing stone

Standing stone, pair

What is recorded here

Two stones faced east and west on Hayes land, the larger waiting for the rising sun. They marked a line of light, shadow or sight across the flat Cork fields. People may have stood between them at dawn, reading the day in the angle of gold on stone.
Bowman (1934, 433) recorded two 'dallans' on Mr E. Hayes' land c. 600 yards west of moated site (14220); 'Orientation East and West - the larger being on the east side. Dimensions: 3ft 2in by 1ft 3in by 5ft 9in girth'. Exact location not known. 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

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