Keilnascarta is south of Bantry; about 3km as the crow flies, 5km by road. This Standing Stone Pair, north-most of three monuments, is a tall, equal-height pair. It has not been surveyed as the horizons are severely constrained by trees, bushes and a nearby house. The stone axes are around 234° and 250°, the axis of the pair 246° and to the south-west these would indicate the general area of the minor end of the lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. range.
- Stone Row CO118-054002 is sixty metres to the south.
- Stone Pair CO118-054003 is ninety metres south of that again but on the other side of an abandoned railway cutting.
References
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland, record details. www.archaeology.ie/archaeological-survey-ireland
- Ó'NUALLÁIN, SEÁN 1988 Stone Rows in the South of Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 88c:179-256, p247, no.127.
- POWER, D. et al. 1992 Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, Volume 1: West Cork. Dublin: Stationary Office. p41, no.190.