Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone row
Keilnascarta, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keilnascarta
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Galláin (1944)
- Coordinates
- 51.65045, -9.45527
- SMR number
- CO118-054002-
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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
In level pasture on gentle S-facing slope. Row of three stones, aligned ENE-WSW, 6.4m in overall length. NE stone leans markedly to S; it is 0.65m L, 0.15m T and, when erect, would have stood 1.3m H. Next stone, 2.8m to SW, is 0.5m L, 0.6m T and 1.6m H. SW stone, 1.3m from last, is 1.2m L, 0.65m T and 1.6m H. Pair of standing stones (CO118-054001-) 50m to NNW and second pair (CO118-054003-) 100m to SSE. (Ó Nualláin 1988, 236, no. 48; Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 10).
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 stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.