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Standing stone - pair

Derreenataggart East, County Cork, Ireland

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Townland
Derreenataggart East
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.65527, -9.92720
SMR number
CO115-123----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 pasture, on the SE foothills of Miskish Mountain overlooking Berehaven. Two upright stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 2.6m apart. The NE stone (0.78m x 0.55m; H 1.35m) is irregular in section and leans to the W. The SW stone (0.67m x 0.24m; H 0.85m) is rectangular in section. A multiple-stone circle (50, vol. 1) is c. 200m 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

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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