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Anomalous stone group

Tooms West, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Anomalous stone group, Tooms West, 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
Tooms West
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
51.87388, -8.95529
SMR number
CO071-160----

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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

In scrubland, on a north-facing slope overlooking the Gearagh. Ring of five sandstone boulders on a NW/SE axis (4.40m E-W, 3.60m N-S), with inclusions of smaller stones including quartz. Stone A, on the southwest side, is the only upright stone of the group (height 0.70m, width 1.00m). Stone B, 1.30m to the northeast, is a recumbent boulder (0.89cm NE/SW, 0.90c, NW/SE). Stone C, 1m to the east of Stone B, is a recumbent boulder (1.20m NE/SW, 0.50cm NW/SE). About 0.90cm to the southeast of Stone C is another recumbent boulder, Stone D (1.26m N/S; 0.86m W/E). Stone E, immediately to the southwest of Stone C, and about 1.30m east of from Stone A, is covered in vegetation and difficult to assess; a small quartz boulder is situated at its base. The monument is known locally as a ‘grave’.

Compiled by: Dr Bernadette McCarthy

Date of upload/revision: 21 July 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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