Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cupmarked stone
Tooreen (carberry West (eastern Div.) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreen (carberry West (eastern Div.) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.62306, -9.24401
- SMR number
- CO133-001----
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 E-facing slope. Recumbent stone (L 1.7m; Wth 1.5m) with one large (diam. 0.12m; D 0.12m) and three smaller cup-marks on its upper surface. Large cup-mark has roughly circular stone cover (diam. 0.24m; H 0.1m) with shallow hollow on underside; water-filled and said locally to cure warts.
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
Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.