Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cupmarked stone
Castle Island (carbery West (e.d.) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castle Island (carbery West (e.d.) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.50145, -9.30108
- SMR number
- CO150-079001-
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 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a rough pasture area on the N side of a seawater pool, on the SW side of Castle Island in Lough Hyne. A single cupmark (diam. 0.09m; D 0.03m) is visible on the upper surface of outcropping rock. A megalithic structure (CO150-079002-) is c. 20m to the W and a possible earthwork (CO150-079003-) is c. 30m to the SW.
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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.