Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Derryarkane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryarkane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.72785, -9.37281
- SMR number
- CO106-057----
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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 level shoulder on SW-facing slope of Mealagh river valley. Upright stone (H 0.8m; 0.7m x 0.4m) aligned NW-SW. Five-stone circle (CO106-019---) c. 26m to N. (WBBS). Myler (1998, 37) records 'a low spreading cairn of randomly placed stones on the SE side of this stone which has a diameter of 8 yards and a height of 1ft'.
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: 24 January 2013
References
Myler, D. 1998 An archaeological survey of the Mealagh Valley. Mealagh Valley Community Development Association.
Nearby in the register
- Stone circle - five-stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.