Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
Coolcoulaghta, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolcoulaghta
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallauns (1901)
- Coordinates
- 51.59683, -9.54340
- SMR number
- CO130-032002-
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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 terrace in sloping pasture near NW foot of Mount Corin. Stones, removed in 1980, and replaced in 1983 by Office of Public Works. Plan and elevation made in 1977 show that the stones, aligned NE-SW, stood 1.65m apart; overall length 3.4m. NE stone was 1.1m L, 0.3m T and 3.25m H. SW stone was 0.7m L, 0.9m T and 3.6m H. Standing stone (CO130-032001-) stood c. 50m to SSW of pair, and multiple-stone circle in Dunbeacon (CO130-030---) lies 400m to WSW. (O Nualláin 1988, 248, no. 136; Roberts 1988, Ch. 4, no. 49)
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1980).
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - multiple-stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.