What is recorded here

Five stones march northeast to southwest inside an old fence, perhaps marking a boundary long before the bog swallowed the land around them. The fourth stone sits loose, barely thirty centimetres from the third, as if dropped halfway through a sentence. A lone standing stone watches from the ridge east, silent witness to whatever the row once measured.

Incorporated in pre-bog fence. Row of five stones, aligned NE-SW, and 6.7 min overall length. NE stone is 0.9m L, 0.5m T and 0.75m H. Next stone, 1.2m to SW, is 0.85m L, 0.4m T and 1.1m H. Third stone, 1.2m further to SW, is 0.65m L, 0.5m T and 1m H. Fourth stone, 0.3m to SW is loose and may not be part of row; it is 0.55m L, 0.15m T and 0.6m H. SW stone is prostrate; it is over 1.2m by 0.9m and at least 0.4m T. Standing stone (CO107-01104-) on crest of ridge, 30m to E. 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, astronomical, or territorial significance. Such alignments are often associated with ritual practices or markers for seasonal events in prehistoric landscapes.

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