Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Knock (duhallow By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knock (duhallow By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.05017, -8.83552
- SMR number
- CO040-109----
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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
On SE-facing slope, on W side of Glen River valley. Bowman (1934, 250) recorded two 'dallans', aligned E-W, seven feet apart. East stone was '5ft 9in by 3ft 1in by 1ft 10in'; W stone was '5ft 8in by 2ft 2in by 1ft 5in'. According to local information, two stones formerly set parallel either side of gap; removed in 1970s. No visible surface trace. (pers. comm. Paul Walsh)
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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