Stone Circle in Coolmountain, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture on NE-facing slope in valley of headwaters of Caha river. Appears to have consisted of possibly eleven stones; diameter c. 9m. Two stones survive, 4m apart. N stone is 0.8m by 0.3m and 1.1m H; second stone is 1m x 0.4m and 1m H. (O Nualláin 1984, 17, no. 17) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO093-013

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