Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
Kilcaskan (bear By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcaskan (bear By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.71497, -9.71444
- SMR number
- CO103-031----
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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
In pasture, on a break on a S-facing slope in a valley overlooking Bantry Bay to the S. Two upright stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 1.2m apart and measure 2.5m in overall length. The NE stone (0.73m x 0.46m; H 1.18m) is rectangular in plan. The SW stone (0.56m x 0.45m; H 0.81m), also rectangular in plan, leans slightly to the SW.
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
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.