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Standing stone - pair

Carrig (carbery East (e.d.) By., Templequinlan Par.), County Cork, Ireland

The record

Townland
Carrig (carbery East (e.d.) By., Templequinlan Par.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Gallauns (1902)
Coordinates
51.65644, -8.83605
SMR number
CO122-088----

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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 at bottom of slope on N side of Argideen river. One stone survives. It is 1.3m L, 0.7m T, 2m H, aligned NE-SW. OS Name Book (1902) mentions 'Two large stones...about 8ft. long'; are depicted on map in NE-SW line. Landowner has blasted the prostrate stone that had lain beside extant stone. (Ó Nualláin 1988, 247, no. 134)

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

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

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