Stone Circle in Derrynafinchin, County Cork

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What is recorded here

On W-facing slope near N end of narrow valley of Coomhola river. Circle incomplete, contains considerable amount of fill. May have consisted of eleven, or less likely, thirteen stones. Nine stones survive; five prostrate; indicate circle c. 8m in diameter. Orthostats are 0.8m to 1.3m L, 0.2m to 0.5m T and 0.9m H. Boulder burial (CO092-00102-) centrally placed within circle. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 16, no. 16) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO092-001001

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