Stone circle - multiple-stone

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a platform on a NW-facing slope on the S side of Owvane river valley. Circle represented by two entrance stones and an axial stone, measuring 1.1m to 1.6m L, 0.4m to 0.6m T and 1m to 2m H. Two prostrate slabs on the perimeter may be displaced orthostats. Internal measurement along the main axis, aligned NE-SW, is c. 14m. Within the circle is a regular group of four boulder-burials (CO106-00502-, CO106-005003-, CO106-005004-, CO106-005005-). (Ó Nualláin 1984, 19, no. 24; Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 27)

This is a National Monument in State Care (no. 450).

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

References

Roberts, J. 1988 Exploring West Cork. Skibbereen. Key Books.

Ó Nualláin, S. 1984 Grouped standing stones, radial-stone cairns and enclosures in the South of Ireland. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 114, 63-79.

Ó Nualláin, S. 1984a A survey of stone circles in Cork and Kerry. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 84C, 1-77.