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Anomalous stone group

Curramore, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Anomalous stone group, Curramore, 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
Curramore
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.79390, -9.41891
SMR number
CO091-026----

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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

Within a coniferous forest, 20m S of its N perimeter, in the floor of an E-facing boggy valley surrounded by mountains on the W side of Borlin Valley. The remains comprise two upright stones. The E stone is a neat slab with a rectangular profile (H 0.95m; 1.5m x 0.15m) and is aligned ESE-WNW. The W stone (H 0.47m; 0.7m x 0.3m) stands 1.15m to the NW and is aligned NW-SE. The stones are not set with their long axes in line. The scant remains might suggest the arrangement of an axial stone (E stone) and adjoining flanking stone of a stone circle. However, further evidence would be required before ascertaining the exact nature of this monument. The surface of a slab is exposed 1.5m NE of the E stone; its outline could not be determined and its relationship to the stone group is unclear. A fulacht fia (CO091-027----) lies c. 120m to the E.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Nearby in the register

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

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