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Stone circle - five-stone

Leckaneen, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Stone circle - five-stone, Leckaneen, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Leckaneen
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Stone Circle (1937)
Coordinates
51.94106, -8.81450
SMR number
CO061-084----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Near head of shallow valley opening to SE. This circle was represented by four prostrate slabs and W side stone, indicating diameter of c. 3.5m. Slabs were 1.1m to 1.7m X 0.9m to 1m and 0.2m to 0.3m T; sidestone is 1m L; 0.5m T and 1.2m H. A prostrate slab 7m to E was considered to be a possible fallen standing stone. The remains of this monument were removed by 2008 (SMR File). (O Nualláin 1984a, 36, no. 66; Power et al. 1997, no. 6473)

Revised by: Paul Walsh

Revised date of upload: 10 November 2016

References

Ó Nualláin, S. 1984a A survey of stone circles in Cork and Kerry. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 84C, 1-77.

Power, D., Byrne, E., Egan, U., Lane, S. and Sleeman, M. 1997 Archaeological inventory of county Cork, vol. 3: Mid Cork. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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