Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone row
Tullig (muskerry West By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullig (muskerry West By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Circle (1938)
- Coordinates
- 52.03395, -8.99145
- SMR number
- CO048-047001-
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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 level patch of ground, in sloping pasture at NE foot of Musheramore Mountain. OS Name Books (1841) record '5 standing stones 21/2 to 4 feet high (c. 0.75m to c. 1.2m) and placed in a straight line of 30 links (c. 6m) in length'. Row of four stones is present, aligned ENE-WSW, 5.2m in overall length. NE stone is 0.6m L, 0.2m T and 0.75m H. Next stone, 0.35m to SW, is 0.65m L, 0.3m T and 0.95m H. Third stone, 1.25m further to SW, is 0.9m L,0.3m T and 0.95m H. SW and tallest stone, 0.45m from last, is 0.9m L, 0.55mT and 1.15m H. OS Memoranda (1933) record low stone (H c. 0.3m) c. 2.4m to N of third stone; no visible trace survives. (O Nualláin 1988, 231, no. 8)
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 168/1941).
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