Stone Circle in Baurgorm, County Cork

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What is recorded here

On small level patch of moorland on NE side of saddle between Spratt Hill and Knockaveagh. One of five stone fallen; others are 0.8m to 1.1m L, 0.15m to 0.3m T and 1m to 1.3m H. Entrance stones set unusually far apart. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 2.45m. Pair of standing stones (CO118-044001-) c. 5.5m to S. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 42, no. 85; Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 5).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO118-044002

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