Stone Circle in Glenleigh, County Cork

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What is recorded here

On top of low ridge, in rolling pasture, in N foothills of Boggeragh Mountains. Circle incomplete; W side stone is missing and E entrance stone appears displaced. Orthostats are 0.8m to 2.2m L, 0.25m to 0.6m T and 0.9m to 1.1m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is c. 3.4m.(O Nualláin 1984a, 30, no. 50) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO039-097

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