What is recorded here

Standing stone (present location) in Gurteennacloona is a 1m high irregular stone on a field boundary near a rath in County Cork. It was moved from directly north of the rath to its present place, but its exact original spot has been lost. Bowman recorded it as a dallan in Daniel O'Hanlon's, 3'3" high and 7'8" in girth, proving it stood somewhere familiar before men changed the land around it.

On the line of a field boundary, in the NE corner of a field and c. 210m to the NNE of a rath (CO032-022----). This standing stone (1.4m x 1.2m; H 1m) is irregular in plan and section and measures c. 3m in circumference. The stone was removed from its original location (CO032-240----), directly to the N of the rath, to its present location. Its exact original location cannot be established. In its original location, this standing stone was recorded by Bowman (2000, 348) as a 'dallan in Daniel O'Hanlon's. This is 3'3" [0.99m] high by 7'8" [2.3m] in girth.' The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Probably dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have marked a territorial boundary or held ritual significance, possibly linked to the nearby rath. Such stones are often associated with ceremonial or funerary practices in prehistoric Ireland.

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