Stone row in Eyeries, County Cork

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What is recorded here

On tillage in the hinter land of Coulagh Bay. Row of three stones, aligned NNE-SSW, and 5m in overall length. NE stone is 0.6m L, 0.45m T and 0.95m H. Next stone, 3.4m to the SW, is prostrate and measures 1.55m by 0.6m. SW and tallest stone, 1.7m from the last, is 0.8m L , 0.8m T and 1.15m H. To SE are two prostrate slabs (CO114-010002-) measuring 1.7m by 0.95m in maximum dimension, one of which has a drill-hole on its upper surface. (Ó Nualláin 1988, 236, no.43) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO114-010001

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