Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle - five-stone
Leckaneen, County Cork, Ireland
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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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
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.