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Radial cairn and standing stone at Knocknakilla
View of the Standing Stone.

Knocknakilla (Gaelic: Cnoc na Cille (The Stone of the Church)) is a 3500 year old megalithic complex set in blanket peatland on the upper slopes of Musheramore mountain, between Macroom and Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland Grid Ref: W294842.

It comprises a recumbent stone circle, radial cairn and two pointy tiped portal stones (one fallen), alligned NNE-SSW. The stone circle is made up of 5 small stones, set nearby to a 3.5m diameter radial cairn (first discovered by Coillte Teoranta in 1970). One of the standing stones has fallen, the remaing is over 3.5m tall though it leans heavily.

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