Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Burnfort, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Burnfort
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallán (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.06456, -8.59706
- SMR number
- CO042-053----
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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
Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In pasture on S-facing slope. Stone (H 1.45m; 1.1m x 0.66m) is rectangular in plan, long axis NE-SW. According to local information, stone was removed and subsequently replaced in original position. Grove White (1905-25, vol. 1, 328; photo. opp. 322) gives measurements as '6 feet high, 3ft 5in by 1ft. 9in. greatest width'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.