Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle - five-stone
Knocknakilla, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknakilla
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Circle (1938)
- Coordinates
- 52.00627, -9.02397
- SMR number
- CO048-095002-
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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 bogland, on NW slopes of Musherabeg Mountain. Investigated by L.S. Gogan on 8th July, 1931 (Gogan 1931). No finds were recovered. Interior was flagged and great number of quartzite stones were found about entrance. Circle complete; axial and E side stone fallen since Gogan's time. Orthostats are 0.5m to 0.7m L, 0.35m to 0.5m T and 1.3m to 1.5m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NNE-SSW, is c. 3m. Pair of standing stones (6558) c. 3m to SW, and radial-stone cairn (6490) 7m to E. (Ó Nualláin 1984a, 32, no. 54). National monument no. 420.
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: 12 December 2022
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 165/1941).
References
Ó Nualláin, S. 1984a A survey of stone circles in Cork and Kerry. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 84C, 1-77.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - radial-stone cairnunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.