Stone row in Lyradane

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Marked as 'Cromlech' on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Stones removed; no visible surface trace of sites. de Valera and O Nualláin (1982, 44, no. 6) recorded two stones standing in line N-S, 1m apart, and measuring 0.65m L by 0.25m T by 1m H and 0.7m L by 0.5m T by 1.1m H, respectively; third stone lies prostrate 1.45m to W of S stone. 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 Bronze Age, the stone row in Lyradane may have had ceremonial or astronomical significance, as was common with such alignments. The term 'cromlech' historically referred to stone circles or rows, though no visible remains now exist.