Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Lyre (bear By., Killaconenagh Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lyre (bear By., Killaconenagh Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallauns (1897)
- Coordinates
- 51.66821, -9.80727
- SMR number
- CO116-016----
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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 lower slopes of Hungry Hill overlooking Bear Haven and Bear Island to S. Two stones indicated here on O.S. map (1897). Rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 1.7m; 0.6m x 0.55m).
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 stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.