Carraig á Mhaistin Stone
The Carraig á Mhaistin stone (transl. Bully Rock) is a megalithic tomb located in Cork harbour. It was previously believed to have been an 18th-century folly, built by Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond, like the nearby Siddons Tower folly.
History
The monument was first reported by antiquarian John Windele after an 1860 visit to the area. A man named Dr. Wise had the capstone raised from where it had fallen.
Condition
The tomb is nearly submerged at the high tide mark, as is the accompanying cairn. The tomb is made of three upright stones largely covered in seaweed and a capstone. It faces east.
References
- ^ Siggins, Lorna (18 October 2022). "Research finds mysterious structure in Cork Harbour is prehistoric tomb". Irish Examiner.
- ^ Borlase, William Copeland (1897). The Dolmens of Ireland Vol. 1. London: Chapman & Hall, Ld. p. 16.
Further reading
- R. Welch (Sep 1907). "Further Note on the Rostellan Cromleac". The Irish Naturalist. 16 (9): 267–269. JSTOR 25523124.
- Cott, Grace M., Marcel AK Jansen, and Deborah V. Chapman. "Salt-Marshes on peat substrate: where blanket bogs encounter the marine environment." Journal of Coastal Research 28.3 (2012): 700-706. " In other parts of the country, O'Kelly (1945) referred to the Rostellan Dolmen in county Cork, estimated age 4000 BP, which becomes partially submerged at high tide. " doi:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00108.1
- Daniel, Glyn E. (Sep 1952). "Prehistoric Ireland". Irish Historical Studies. 8 (30): 164–168. doi:10.1017/S0021121400027383. JSTOR 30004781. S2CID 163855351. (review of Prehistoric Ireland by Joseph Raftery)
- Viney, Michael (2014). Ireland: A Smithsonian Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 9781588344243.
Robert Lloyd Praeger with his wife, Hedwig, standing on Rostellan Cromlech, a megalithic tomb, during a fieldclub conference in 1907
External links
- "Rostellan Dolmen - Ring of Cork". www.ringofcork.ie.
- "Rostellan Portal Tomb". irishstones.org.
- "Rostellan Dolmen". Voices from the Dawn. 3 August 2010. (virtual view)
- Killanin, Michael Morris Baron (1976) [1962]. The Shell guide to Ireland (2d, revised and reset ed.). Norton.