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This standing stone is about 300 m from the stone circle. My memory fails me on the height but I think it was about 1.5m high.
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Rylane is just off the road about 1.5km from Rylane village. You don't see it as you pass by but you should be able to see the nearby standing stone. Find the standing stone and the stone circle is just over the ditch to the west.
The circle is given as having a orientation of 220° and is also noted as having a possible winter solstice orientation.
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I tried visit this circle and the other to the NE, both to no avail Im afraid. This one in particular looks amazing from the ground plan however it has been swallowed up in the undergrowth. This would definitely be a circle that you would love to purchase and restore to its former glory. However by the looks of the warning signs it does not appear as if the local farmer has much interest in it other than keeping people away from it.
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I have to agree with everyone below, parking here really is a pain. That along with the fact that it is down as a standing stone on my old version of the OS map makes this a tricky site to get to. I drove up and down this road a number of times before eventually parking a little up from the T-junction at about the only gateway that doesnt cause you to block what is a narrow road.
Its a fantastic site, unfortunately the electric fence does take away from it. The day I visited there were a number of curious cows / bullocks in the field right up to it and as such you didnt feel like staying around for too long.
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I understand that these two bullauns were only rediscovered in the last 10 years. They aren't in the Archaeological (hard copy) or the updated version on www.archaeology.ie.
This stones are close to the fields were I grew up and used to play in so its amazing that they weren't known of in the locality. The day I checked them out they were full of cow poo, so this enough of this in them and they would be hard to identify.
A section of the newly upgraded Lough Derg Way passes by the stones so taking this track is probably the easiest way to view them and also a great walk with proper walking stiles and no cows to worry about.
The stones are both earthfast and approx 200 yards from the path.
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I first spotted this bullaun stone when a niece (on my wives side) got christained here and had meant to get back to photograph it. It seems from the record below that it was moved from somewhere else
From www.archaeology.ie;
Description: Located in the grounds of the R.C. church in the village of Kilbarron (Newchapel), the bullaun stone is situated to the E of the church. A small granite boulder (dims. 0.7m x 0.7m x 0.3m) with a deep circular depression (diam. 0.3m; D 0.2m) that was originally found in a field beside an old building that was locally believed to have been a possible church. This building is depicted as a large T-shaped building on the first edition OS six-inch map. There is a cattle crush located now where this building was originally situated, with no evidence remaining of this large T-shaped building. This building was located in the adjoining townland of Carrigagown North. A second bullaun stone (TN009-066) was discovered at the site and was moved to the grounds of a private house in Skehanagh.
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This site is mentioned in Geraldine Stouts book on Ely O'Carroll County.
I followed the nearby stream down to it, this is really is horse country and as I was halfways into the field it was in, two horses appeared and chased my dog Ned into the river, he barely escaped there hooves. Im sure they were just playing but this does high-light the dangers of the countryside and bringing a dog with you.
This is a monument that I hoped may show some kind of alignment with the "Devils Bit", unfortunately it really doesnt.
Ive just discovered that www.archaeology.ie now provides descriptions so as per the website please find the following;
Description: Situated on flat pasture in an upland area with nearby river to SW. A large triangular-shaped conglomerate boulder (L 1.4m; T 0.9m) resting on three small support-stones with two front pad-stones to the SE and a single backstone to the NW. A large boulder immediately W of the burial probably represents natural rock outcrop or field clearance and does not appear to be associated with the site. According to local tradition the site was known as a 'giant's grave' (Stout 1984, 17).
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The Ballyhoura Project mentions this as being a radial cairn. I tried to visit this before heading up to Knocknafalia but the pursuit was unsuccessful. The summit of the hill is covered in prickly scrub and there was no sign of any radial cairn up there.
We got up as far as the trig point and then headed east but after about 200m we couldnt get any further.
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While in the general area I made for this circle which is listed on Jack Roberts map. However I couldnt find it and I note on megalithic.co.uk that an irish guy there recently couldnt find it either.
I wonder did he get it mixed up with Scartaglin which is in the general area also?
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The Arch inventory tells us this wedge tomb is also know as "Niall's Grave".
It says that the other stone to the south is a standing stone however I thought it may have been another part of the capstone.
It is 4.4m long by 1.95m wide. You can clearly see the double lined walling.
I picked this at random from the inventory while in the area, strangely enough while checking directions to the next site (in my jeep) a pack of hunting dogs hopped over a ditch and ran by the tomb and off through the fields. No sign of any huntsmen or other dogs.
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This circle is almost inside someones garden, imagine growing up with that to play with and yet the circle is completely overgrown.
It would be impressive if tidied with its huge recumbent stone.
I accessed the stone from the rear using GPS I didnt realise it was so close to the house as I was using Jack Roberts map at the time.
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The remains of this circle are right next door to a recently built house (prob last 5 years). I parked a few fields down and came up to the circle from behind so as not to cause any bother with the house owners.
Only two stones remain although for some reason the Arch Inventory says that it is complete!
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I hope this circle hasn't been added under a different name.
This circle is about two fields over from Bellmount Upper SW.
The two axial stones remain and what may be the remains of the recumbent stone.
It felt great driving around Cork (using Jack Roberts map and the Cork Arch Inventory) with information to hand knowing that there was going to be something where you were going to (unlike in Tipp and Limerick when you really never know whether what you are going to see is worth the effort or not).
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