Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone row
Coolacoosane (muskerry West By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolacoosane (muskerry West By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Galláin (1940)
- Coordinates
- 51.95968, -8.98527
- SMR number
- CO059-044----
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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 flat shoulder at end of rocky ridge, on NE-facing slope overlooking Laney River valley to E. Row of three stones, aligned NNE-SSW, 5.6m in overall length. NE stone leans to W and is 0.9m L, 0.6m T and 1.2m H. Next stone, 1.45m to SW, leans to E and is 1m L, 0.3m T and 1.45m H. SW stone, 1.65m from last, is considerably out of line with previous pair. It is 0.7m L, 0.15m T and 0.4m H; its top may be broken. (O Nualláin 1988, 233, no. 18)
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.