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Stone row in Canrooska

Stone row

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On bog-covered S-facing slope of S extension Barraboy mountain. Row of three stones, aligned ENE_WSW. Stone at NE is 0.7m L, 0.3m T and 0.4m H. Middle stone is 0.7m L, 0.3m T and 0.7m H. SW stone is prostrate; it would have been the tallest of the three. It is 4m x 1.1m and 0.5m T. Cairn (CO090-00603-) c. 7m to S. (Ó Nualláin 1988, 234, no. 30). 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
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the stone row may have had ceremonial or ritual significance, possibly aligned with seasonal or astronomical events. Such arrangements are often associated with funerary practices or territorial markers in prehistoric landscapes.

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