Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Radial-stone enclosure
Cappaboy Beg, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cappaboy Beg
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Circle (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.78896, -9.30843
- SMR number
- CO092-009001-
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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
On elevated moorland on NW side of valley of Owvane river. Eleven stones, most set radially and averaging H 0.5m, enclose circular area (diam. 6.8m). Others may remain concealed by bog. Standing stone (CO092-00902-) protrudes from field fence 2.7m to N. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 78, no. 19)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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