Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Gour, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gour
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.62439, -9.98340
- SMR number
- CO127-060002-
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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 rough peaty hill pasture, on the S side of a sheltered NE-SW valley to the NW of Bealnagour. According to local information, a standing stone (0.76m x 0.61m; H c. 2.44m) stood at this location until it was removed in the 1970s. A hut site (CO1127-060001-) is situated c. 20m to the S and an enclosure (CO127-060003-) is c. 20m to the N.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.