Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Anomalous stone group
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
- CO042-102----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Condon (1916, 67) describes four standing stones in field to S of standing stone pair (CO042-057---). No visible surface trace remains. Plan (ibid.) shows stones stood to form four corners of a trapezium (c. 6.4m x c. 6.27m); 'A is 14 inches high, 8 inches thick, 12 inches broad. B is 28 inches high, 18 inches thick, 17 inches broad; 17 feet 6 inches between A and B. C is 25 inches high, 31 inches thick, 34 inches broad. 20 feet 6 inches between B and C. D is 26 inches high, 18 inches thick, 31 inches broad; 21 feet between C and D'. Exact location not known.
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