What is recorded here

Carrigonirtane holds three stones in a neat line above the Foherish River valley, with one stone fallen and half-hidden while the others still point toward the water. The row sits near a circle and another line, as if the valley head were marked more than once by people who wanted the land remembered. It is easy to imagine someone walking this ridge at dawn, setting stones not for show but for orientation, leaving a small instruction behind for everyone who came after.

At head of short valley, opening to E onto Foherish River valley. Probable row of three stones, aligned NE-SW, 3.8m in overall length. NE stone is 0.8m L, 0.5m T and 0.75m H. Middle stone, 0.8m to SW, is fallen and partly concealed; it measures 0.4m by 0.3m by over 0.4m. SW stones, 1m from last, is 0.65m L, 0.25m T and 0.95m H. Five-stone circle (6454) and four-stone row (6505) stand 250m to E. Ringfort (CO059-01401-) short distance to NW. (Conlon 1918, 136-7, no. 226) 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, 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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