What is recorded here

Nine stones circle a shallow boggy depression above the Douglas River, their heights shrinking from the entrance toward the far axis. A small quartz block sits slightly east of the main line, surrounded by fragments that may have broken from it. The finished shape is small enough to walk across in a breath, yet deliberate enough to suggest that people measured, carried and remembered the place.

In shallow depression in boggy mountain land, on S side of Douglas Rivervalley. Circle consists of nine stones, 0.5m to 1.1m L, 0.3m to 0.4m T and 0.4 to 0.9m H. Stones decrease in height from entrance to axial stone. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NNE-SSW, is 7.5m. Internal quartz block (H 0.2m; 0.55m x 0.4m), with quartz pieces possibly broken from it, stands just E of main axis. (O Nualláin 1984a, 14, no. 10) 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

Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, this stone circle may have functioned as a ceremonial or ritual site, possibly aligned with seasonal or astronomical events. The arrangement and orientation suggest a symbolic or spiritual significance, though specific folklore or use remains undocumented.

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