Stone Circle in Bellmount Upper, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In flat pasture, on SE side of Bride River valley. Circle partly incorporated in field fence. Circle complete; orthostats are 1.1m to 1.5mL, 0.4m to 0.8m T and 0.7m to 1.2m H. Stones decrease in height from entrance to axial stone. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NNE-SSW, is 3.4m. Five-stone circle (CO083-118----) c. 250m to ENE. (O Nualláin 1984a, 38-9, no. 74) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO083-117

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