Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle - five-stone
Cullomane East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cullomane East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Galláin (1944)
- Coordinates
- 51.65333, -9.39320
- SMR number
- CO118-073001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 pasture, on level patch of ground on E slopes of Spratt Hill. Circle complete; two stones embedded in fence. Stones are 1.1m to 1.5m L, 0.5m to 0.7m T and 1m to 1.2m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 3.9m. Interior filled with field stones. Standing stone (CO118-073002-) 60m to NE; boulder-burial (CO118-071003-) and cairn (CO118-071002-) 200m to W. (O Nualláin 1984, 42, no. 84; Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 3)
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
Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.