Stone Circle

Group of nine boulders (0.5m - 0.7m max. dimensions) in area 3m x 2m, forming no apparent arrangement. OS records (1930) describe it as seven flat stones forming a circle. May be natural feature. According to Power (1932, 82), '15 feet in diameter. At present the circle consists of seven stones which project about two feet above the surface'. (OS Memoranda A/63/16; O Nualláin 1984a, 46) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009