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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Island Standing StonesCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Cork Type: Standing Stones
Discovery Map Number: D80
Latitude: 52.068490N Longitude: 8.5753W
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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GaelicLaird visited on 6th Feb 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Irish monument no. CO042-057
"In pasture, on gentle slope on N side of Leapford Stream; wedge tomb and possible megalithic tomb (9820, 9824) c. 350m to SW. Both stones are prostrate. East stone knocked c. 1976 and probable socket still visible at NW end; stone measures 3.1m by 0.85m by 0.4m. Second stone lies 1.35m to W; it measures 3.8m by 1.2m by 0.5m. Two boulders and some field stones lie on the site."
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