What is recorded here

Five stones still mark a small circle on the east-facing slope above the Foherish River, though one entrance stone has broken and lies as a stump. The surviving axis stretches barely more than two metres, narrow enough for a handful of people to stand inside together. A larger slab rests nearby, perhaps a fallen neighbour, suggesting the circle once reached wider before time or violence reduced it.

On terrace of E-facing slope of Foherish River valley. Axial stone and radially-set entrance stones survive; W entrance stone broken, stump in situ. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NNE-SSW, is c. 2.3m. Prostrate slab (2.7m x 0.9m x 0.6m) 4.5m to WNW may be fallen standing stone. 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

Likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, this five-stone circle may have functioned as a ritual or ceremonial site, possibly aligned with solar or seasonal events given its NNE-SSW orientation. Such small stone circles are often associated with funerary or communal gatherings, though local folklore is not recorded for this specific site.

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