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Re: Kealkil by Andy B on Monday, 07 May 2018

Class Standing stone - pair
Townland KEALKILL
SMR No. CO106-006002-
Description On level bog-covered shoulder, on NW-facing slope of W end Maughanaclea Hills. Part of complex including five-stone circle (CO106-00601-) and a radial-stone cairn (CO106-00603-). Excavated in 1938 (Ó Ríordáin 1939, 46-49). Stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 1.6m apart. SW stone is 1.5m L and 0.4m T; it had been broken at ground level and would have stood 5.3m H. Excavator removed stump and erected fallen piece in socket. NE stone is 1.85m L, 0.5m T and 2.65m H. (Ó Nualláin 1988, 246, no. 119) 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 69/1938).

Source: NMS Ireland

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