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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: ComillaneCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
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County: Co. Cork Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Village: Comalán
Map Ref: V977229
Discovery Map Number: D88
Latitude: 51.450180N Longitude: 9.472306W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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A spectacular stone row on Cape Clear island, Comalán townland, Co. Cork. One of the stones has fallen. On a level patch of ground, below a rocky knoll at the North-East end of the island.
Two upright stones, aligned N-S, and one prostrate slab. N stone is 1.2m L, 0.4m T and 2.3m H, and is pierced by hole. S stone, 0.85m from last, is 1.15m L, 0.3m T and 2.65m H. Prostrate slab, concealed by field debris, lies 1.35m to the S and is 3.4m in maximum dimension. (O Nualláin 1988, 237. no. 56; Roberts 1988, Ch. 3, no. 5).
Site officially recorded as site CO153-012---- The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992).
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