Stone Circle in Cloghboola More, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In gently sloping pasture, on S side of valley of tributary of Finnow River. Circle destroyed c. 1984. Circle was incomplete; stone on W side missing. Orthostats were 0.6m to 1.2m L, 0.3m to 0.5m T and 0.7m to 1.15m H. Measurement along main axis, aligned N-S, was 2.8m. Standing stones (6648) c. 40m to NE, and (6649) c. 70m to SE. (O Nualláin 1984a, 31, no.52) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO048-025001

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