Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone row
Eyeries, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eyeries
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.69018, -9.95967
- SMR number
- CO114-010001-
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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 tillage in the hinter land of Coulagh Bay. Row of three stones, aligned NNE-SSW, and 5m in overall length. NE stone is 0.6m L, 0.45m T and 0.95m H. Next stone, 3.4m to the SW, is prostrate and measures 1.55m by 0.6m. SW and tallest stone, 1.7m from the last, is 0.8m L , 0.8m T and 1.15m H. To SE are two prostrate slabs (CO114-010002-) measuring 1.7m by 0.95m in maximum dimension, one of which has a drill-hole on its upper surface. (Ó Nualláin 1988, 236, no.43)
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
Nearby in the register
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.