What is recorded here

Five small upright stones cluster beneath coniferous trees at the foot of Musheramore Mountain, pretending to be a circle while refusing every human attempt to find pattern in their arrangement. They have watched pasture and mountain since before maps existed, neither aligning with stars nor submitting to measurement. What they conceal remains unknown, but their resistance to understanding suggests they belong to a older intelligence that does not explain itself.

In small copse of coniferous trees, in level pasture, at foot of N side of Musheramore Mountain. Depicted as 'stone circle' on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Group of five small upright stones forming no particular pattern. Stones vary from 0.65m to 0.25m in H and from 0.2m to 0.6m in Wth. Site of standing stone (6901) in adjoining field to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 169/1941).

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