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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ballinvuskig standing stone (south)Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 7.339 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Cork Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Ballygarvan
Latitude: 51.844706N Longitude: 8.440436W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Single standing stone.
Located in crop field just off roadside.
Not marked shown on latest OS map but is shown on older OS maps and officially recorded as monument CO086-092:
Class: Standing stone
Townland: BALLINVUSKIG
Description: In pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 1m; 0.5m x 0.12m) leaning slight to E.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994).
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