What is recorded here

Seven metres of NE-SW axis still mark the hill crest above the Argideenriver, though most stones vanished into field drainage. Three survivors hold the shape: an axial stone, a southern entrance marker and one flanking it. The gap is not empty; it is a record of reuse. People lived around this place long enough to take its bones elsewhere, yet the alignment remained visible in the land.

In pasture, just off crest of hill which overlooks headwaters of Argideenriver. Circle incomplete, contains considerable amount of field clearance.Three stones survive including axial stone, S entrance stone and anotherflanking it to S. Orthostats are 0.45m to 0.77m L, 0.15m to 0.37m T and 0.47m to 1.35m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 7m. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 1, no. 20) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A Neolithic or Bronze Age stone circle, likely used for ceremonial or ritual purposes. The axial and entrance stones suggest alignment with solar or seasonal events, common in prehistoric ritual landscapes.

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