What is recorded here

Two stones stand 1.95m apart in rough pasture at the southern foot of Miskish mountain, aligned NNE-SSW like a threshold rather than a monument. The taller NE stone reaches 1.3m, the shorter SW stone 0.95m, and a loose boulder rests beside them as if dropped mid-gesture. A boulder burial lies 3m to the northwest, suggesting these markers framed death itself. Whoever set them understood that alignment can hold more meaning than height.

In rough pasture near S foot of Miskish mountain. Stones, aligned NNE-SSW, stand 1.95m apart; overall length 3.8m. NE stone is 0.9m L, 0.45m T and 1.3m H. SW stone is 0.9m L, 0.5m T and 0.95m H. Loose boulder, 1.15m in max. diam., lies beside it. Boulder burial (CO114-03801-) 3m to NW. (O Nualláin 1978, 90, no. 16) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Bronze Age, the pair of standing stones in Teernahillane may have functioned as a ritual or ceremonial alignment, possibly marking a territorial boundary or serving as an astronomical marker. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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