Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle - multiple-stone
Kilmartin Lower, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmartin Lower
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen (1939)
- Coordinates
- 51.99165, -8.80017
- SMR number
- CO050-061001-
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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 pasture, on E side of Dripsey River valley. Circle incomplete, probably comprised seven stones. Five erect stones and one displaced stone remain; these include axial stone and entrance stones. Orthostats are closely set and measure 1m to 1.7m L, 0.25m to 0.4m T and 0.85m to 1.1m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned ENE-WSW, is 3.4m. Standing stone (CO050-061002-) 2m to SW of axial stone (H 1.2m; 1.3m x 0.4m). (O Nualláin 1984a, 13, no. 6)
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.