Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle - multiple-stone
Oughtihery, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oughtihery
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Circle (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.97057, -8.85137
- SMR number
- CO060-042----
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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
In flat pasture, near headwaters of Delehinagh River. Circle incomplete; probably consisted of seven stones. Five erect stones remain; these include axial stone and N entrance stone. Orthostats are 0.7m to 1.7m L, 0.3m to 0.35m T and 0.78m to 0.95m H. Internal measurement along estimated main axis, aligned ENE-WSW, is 2.7m. (O Nualláin 1984a, 14, 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
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Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.