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Ballynagree E
Date Added: 16th Feb 2021
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ballynagree E submitted by GaelicLaird on 16th Feb 2021. Looking across the valley to the east towards Dooneens hill.
A stone row and radial cairn are on the north west slope of Dooneens hill shown in the photo, although too far away to be seen from this location.
Photo taken January 2021.
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Log Text: A short walk from the roadside up a well established farm track.
Ballyvongane
Date Added: 15th Feb 2021
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ballyvongane submitted by GaelicLaird on 15th Feb 2021. Photo taken January 2021.
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Log Text: Park at the third bend in the road when heading north and access the site via a field gate on the left.
Oughtihery SE
Date Added: 8th Feb 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Oughtihery SE submitted by GaelicLaird on 8th Feb 2021. The location of two missing stones can be made out by the gaps on the left and centre of the photo.
Photo taken January 2021.
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Caherbaroul Pair
Date Added: 5th Feb 2021
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Caherbaroul Pair submitted by KiwiJon on 7th Nov 2007. A pair of magnificent stones in a commanding position high above the valley. Each one must be at least 8 feet high. The nearby fort is visible for miles. There is also a tiny cross slab located a couple of hundred metres further downhill and up a short farm track to the right.
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Log Text: The stones are visible from the roadside and there's a gate that gives access into the field where the stones are located.
Good views to the east and west.
Meenahony south pair
Date Added: 27th Jan 2021
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Meenahony south pair submitted by GaelicLaird on 27th Jan 2021. Photo taken January 2021
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Log Text: Officailly recorded as monument CO050-073001-
On pasture, on SE slopes of Uctough Hill near head-waters of Shournagh River. Stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 1.6m apart; overall length is 3.65m. NE stone is 0.85m L, 0.5m T and 2.7m H. SW stone is 1.2m L, 0.3m T and 2.4m H. Standing stone (CO050-073003-) to NE and widely separated pair (CO050-073002-) 85m to NE. (O Nualláin 1988, 251, no. 163)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997).
Meenahony north pair
Date Added: 27th Jan 2021
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Meenahony north pair submitted by GaelicLaird on 27th Jan 2021. Photo taken January 2021
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Ballynagree W
Date Added: 21st Jan 2021
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ballynagree W submitted by GaelicLaird on 21st Jan 2021. The road is the other side of the wire fence.
Photo taken January 2021.
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Log Text: Officially recorded as monument CO049-002
On high boggy ground, at foot of Boggeragh Mountain range. Stone (H 2.5m; 1.04m x 0.54m) is leaning to E (long axis E-W) and resting against fallen stone (L 4.6m; 0.69m x 0.57m).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997).
Visible from the roadside but you'll have to hurdle a wire sheep fence to get into the field where the stones are located.
Knockantota North
Date Added: 11th Jan 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 1
Knockantota North submitted by GaelicLaird on 11th Jan 2021. Photo taken January 2021
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Log Text: In forest, on NW slope of Rock Hill on E side of Clyda River valley. Possible five-stone circle represented by one erect and three prostrate slabs. Orthostat is 1.15m L, 0.25m T and 1.1m H. Socket visible beside prostrate slab to W indicates diameter of c. 4.4m. Pair of standing stones (CO051-178----) stands 10m to NNW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997).
Everything ages, some things well and others not so well. Unfortunately this site has seen better times. The circle is a ruin, only four stones are visible and only one stands. In earlier times this would have been a good site overlooking the surrounding countryside from an elevated position with a stone pair close by.
A Sitka spruce plantation now covers the area and the site is surrounded by thick pine vegetation. Access is a bl***y nightmare, take a chainsaw or be prepared to crawl.
Knockantota North
Date Added: 11th Jan 2021
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 1
Knockantota North submitted by GaelicLaird on 11th Jan 2021. Photo taken January 2021
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Log Text: In forest, on NW slopes of Rock Hill, on E side of Clyda River valley.Stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 1.6m apart; overall length is 2.9m. NE stone is 0.45m L, 0.45m T and 1.4m H. SW stone is 0.55m L, 0.5m T and 1.55m H. Possible five-stone circle (CO051-018----) stands 10m to SSE. (O Nualláin 1988, 242, no. 85)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997).
Nice stones but access is brutal. Located on the edge of a Sitka spruce plantation the last few metres to get from the forest track to the site will leave you exhausted as you thrash your way through undergrowth. Take some sort of GPS device or compass or you might never get alive.
Ballygibbon
Date Added: 11th Jan 2021
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 2
Ballygibbon submitted by GaelicLaird on 11th Jan 2021. Photo taken January 2021
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Log Text: Only one stone remains of the pair. No visible trace of the second stone. Watch out for bullocks. The farmer who has the land to the west of the stones through which I gained access is a friendly fella, happy for me to cross his land, simple request of "please close the gate after you ".
Rylane Circle
Date Added: 10th Jan 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Rylane Circle submitted by KiwiJon on 10th Jan 2008. This is a rather lovely, if slightly neglected 5 stone circle near Rylane, map ref. 439813
The recumbent appears to have been disturbed at some stage and no longer lies parallel with the horizon
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Log Text: Nice compact five stone circle. Aligned NE-SW with internal measurement along main axis approx 3.5m.
Whilst here,check out the standing stone a couple of fields away....it's worth a view.
Rylane Stone
Date Added: 10th Jan 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jan 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Rylane Stone submitted by GaelicLaird on 10th Jan 2021. Looking to the south west
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Log Text: Officially recorded as monument number CO061-002
In pasture, beside Rylane River.
Large stone (H 2m; 2.77m x 0.3m) is subrectangular in plan, in recumbent position; long axis NE-SW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997).
Bellmount Upper east
Date Added: 9th Jan 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 30th Dec 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Bellmount Upper east submitted by GaelicLaird on 9th Jan 2021. Photo taken December 2020
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Log Text: In pasture, near summit of low hill. Site overlooks five-stone circle (CO083-117----) c. 250m to WSW. Two entrance stones and S side stone erect; N sidestone prostrate and axial stone shattered. Orthostats are 0.9m to 1.5m L,0.4m to 0.6m T and 0.8m to 1.2m H. Estimated internal measurement alongmain axis, aligned E-W, is c. 3m. (O Nualláin 1984a, 38, no. 73)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997).
Loughane E
Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Loughane E submitted by GaelicLaird on 6th Apr 2020. Just off the sideline of the local soccer pitch. Photo taken April 2020.
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Log Text: Avoid visiting on a match day as this stone is only a few metres from the sideline of the local soccer pitch. Nice big stone though and only a very short walk from the roadside.
Newcastle Standing Stones
Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Newcastle Standing Stones submitted by GaelicLaird on 6th Apr 2020. Only two stones remaining. Photo taken April 2020.
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Log Text: Only two stones remaining. Approx NE / SW orientation. Watch out for cows.
Carrigagulla NE
Date Added: 22nd Mar 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Carrigagulla NE submitted by GaelicLaird on 22nd Mar 2020. Photo taken March 2020..
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Log Text: About a mile and a half walk from the nearest public road on a good forest track but the last 200 metres are a real battle with nature as the circle is located quite deep in a conifer plantation with no easy route in.
Big slice of imagination required as the conifers block any view of the surrounding landscape. It makes for a very picturesque seeing though. I liked it.
Gowlane N
Date Added: 20th Mar 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Gowlane N submitted by GaelicLaird on 20th Mar 2020. Looking over the axial stone to the portal stones (and Borzoi).
Approx NE to SW.
Photo taken March 2020
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Kilmartin Lower stone
Date Added: 20th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Kilmartin Lower stone submitted by GaelicLaird on 20th Mar 2020. Outlier stone just s few metres SW of the stone circle.
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Kilmartin Lower circle
Date Added: 20th Mar 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Kilmartin Lower circle submitted by GaelicLaird on 20th Mar 2020. Looking over the axial stoone to the portals. Running approx SW to NE.
Photo taken March 2020.
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Carrigagulla SW
Date Added: 14th Mar 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carrigagulla SW submitted by GaelicLaird on 8th Mar 2020. Photo taken March 2020. Lovely circle, worth the effort👍
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