Knockawaddra (Muskerry East By.)

Nearest town:
Cookstown (5km W)
OS reference:
W481656
OS sheets:
86, 87
Latitude:
51° 50' 25.36 N
Longitude:
8° 45' 11.17 W
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Image of Knockawaddra (Muskerry East By.) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by ryaner

It’s hard to say what this once was, but my best guess is a wedge tomb.

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Image of Knockawaddra (Muskerry East By.) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by ryaner

Over the top of the larger stone is the standing stone in the distance.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 23, 2018
Image of Knockawaddra (Muskerry East By.) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by ryaner

From this angle it could be the remains of a megalithic tomb.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 23, 2018
Image of Knockawaddra (Muskerry East By.) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by ryaner

Over the shoulder of the stone is the ‘anomalous stone group’.

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Knockawaddra (Muskerry East By.)
Standing Stone / Menhir
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ryaner Aug 23, 2018

According to the Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, Vol. III – Mid-Cork, Anomalous Stone Group are: “… groups of stones, usually standing, which do not appear to conform to any known archaeological site type; an example might be pairs of standing stones set parallel to or contiguous with one another, instead of the usual arrangement of stone pairs. Some may just be fortuitous groups of stones of a random or natural state but others are likely to be remnants of partially destroyed or obscured archaeological monuments.”

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