Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Kerb circle
Island (fermoy By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Island (fermoy By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- CO042-101----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Condon (1916, 65-66, no. 21) noted stone 'circle (?) [sic] less than one mile from the church at Burnfort, and ... quite close to the Leapford stream'. Exact location unknown. He (ibid.) described a raised area c. 12 yards in diameter, with an uneven surface, partially enclosed by an arc of five stones along S perimeter; two highest stones (A and B) stood 46in apart: A measured '36 inches high, 22 inches by 18 inches' and was 15 inches from E: B was '30 inches high, 27 inches by 12 inches' and was 12 inches from C: C was '18 inches high, 40 inches by 2 inches' and was 15 inches from D: D was level with ground surface and 24 inches long: E was ' 27 inches high, 25 inches by 10 inches'. Condon's plan (ibid. fig. 4) shows position of stones and 9 'low mounds' in interior.
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