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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Reenmeen West standing stone and radial stone cairn Alternative Name: Currakeal Standing StoneCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Cork Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Glengariff
Latitude: 51.761292N Longitude: 9.54434W
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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A striking stone in a prominent position overlooking Glengriff harbour.
There are several smaller stones positioned around which are marked on the OS as cairns.
If you stand with your back to the stone you will see the position of the related stone circle about 1Km to the North.
Gaelic Laird comments:
There are two sites in this location:
A solitary standing stone, recorded as site CO090-008001-
Near end of boggy plateau on S side of Barraboy Mountain. Stone (H 2m; 1.5mx 0.7m); long axis NE-SW. (Ó Nualláin 1984b, 77, no. 16).
And three metres to the south of the standing stone is a radial-stone cairn, recorded as site CO090-008002-
Six radially-set stones (H 0.2m - 0.6m) indicate ring c. 7m in diameter. Stone (H 0.9m; 1.2m x 0.4m) stands within ring at N. Precise nature of this structure is unclear but more likely to be cairn than enclosure.
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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