Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Glenaknockane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenaknockane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.04970, -8.82822
- SMR number
- CO040-085001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough pasture, on NW-facing slope. Stone (H 1m; 0.75m x 2.05m) is irregular in plan and shape, leaning heavily to S; long axis NW-SE. Second standing stone (10003) c. 50m to ENE; third stone (10004) c. 65m to SE in adjacent field. Bowman (1934, 607) recorded group of four standing stones in J. Lyons.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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