Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Cabragh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cabragh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallaun
- Coordinates
- 51.96588, -9.05128
- SMR number
- CO059-016003-
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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
This standing stone is included in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 3 Mid-Cork' (1997) under the entry (no. 6573) for a five individual standing stones (CO059-016001-) at Cabragh. Conlon (1918, 137) refers to this as stone A, the northernmost stone. The following is the inventory entry for all five stones: 'Three standing stones depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map c. 100m SW of stone row(6505) and stone circle (CO059-01502-). Each stone individually named 'Gallaun' and c. 40-45m apart. They stand in N-S line with southern-most stone lying slightly to SW; this stone is not shown on later eds of OS 6-inch maps. Conlon (1918, 136) describes five stones here, three (A (CO059-016003-), B (CO059-016002-), and C (CO059-016001-)) forming 'the apices of an equilateral triangle' c. 58 yds apart (A: H 7ft1in; 1ft 1in x 8in: B: H 6ft; 2ft 3in x 1ft 9in: C: H5ft; 2ft 8in x 2in). Another two stones (D (CO059-159----) and E (CO059-190----) c. 150 yds to S stood 2ft 3in apart. (D: H 4ft 8in; 2ft 4in x 8in; E: H 1ft 5in; 1ft 3in x 3in). All stones removed.'
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - five-stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.