Class: Stone circle - five-stone
Townland: KEALKILL
SMR No. CO106-006001-
Excavated in 1938 (O Ríordáin 1939, 46-49). Circle complete; stones are 0.7m to 1.65m L, 0.25m to 0.45m T and 0.65m to 1.2m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 2.8m. Excavation showed that stones were not deeply sunk in ground, but were packed at base with small stones. Two shallow trenches intersecting at right angles, filled with dark humified soil, were found within circle, and interpreted as trenches for crossed wooden sleepers which may have held an upright. No finds recovered from circle. Complex also comprises radial stone cairn (CO106-00603-) to E and pair of standing stones (CO106-00602-) to NE. (O Nualláin 1984, 41, no. 81; Roberts 1988, Ch.5, no. 26)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992).
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