MILL LITTLE STONE CIRCLE |
This five-stone circle is located on flat patch of rough pasture, c. 50m W of Cooleenlemane river. Circle complete; entrance stones, set end-on to circumference, are broken; only stumps remain. The five orthostats are 0.6m to 1m L, 0.15m to 0.2m T and the three intact stones are 0.75m to 1.2m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 2.5m. Complex comprises of three boulder burials (CO105-004001-) to SW, and pair of standing stones (CO105-004005-) to S. (O Nualláin 1984, 40, no. 80; Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 33) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). |