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<< Our Photo Pages >> Comillane - Stone Row / Alignment in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Cork

Submitted by GaelicLaird on Tuesday, 11 April 2023  Page Views: 6966

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Comillane
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 4.269 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Cork Type: Stone Row / Alignment
 Nearest Village: Comalán
Map Ref: V977229
Discovery Map Number: D88
Latitude: 51.450180N  Longitude: 9.472306W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Comillane
Comillane submitted by GaelicLaird : Looking to the east, Sherkin island on the left. Photo taken August 2022. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Comillane
Comillane submitted by GaelicLaird : The fallen stone is the gorse covered mound on the right. Sherkin Island in the background. Photo taken August 2022. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Comillane
Comillane submitted by GaelicLaird : The northern stone with hole. Photo taken August 2022. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
V9722 : Cape Clear Island - road N towards Stone Row by Colin Park
by Colin Park
©2018(licence)
V9722 : The Wedding Stones, Clear Island by Becky Williamson
by Becky Williamson
©2011(licence)
V9722 : Cape Clear Island - Marriage stone (Stone Row) by Colin Park
by Colin Park
©2018(licence)
V9822 : Slipway on Clear Island by Becky Williamson
by Becky Williamson
©2011(licence)
V9722 : Cape Clear Island - road leading to eastern end of island by Colin Park
by Colin Park
©2018(licence)

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Re: Comillane by GaelicLaird on Tuesday, 11 April 2023
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A stone row in the townland of Comalán on Cape Clear island, officially recorded as site CO153-012----

On level patch of ground, below rocky knoll at NE end of Clear 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).

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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