This one in Fornaght, in mid Cork, is notable for what does not. A standing stone, the kind of upright megalith erected across Ireland during prehistory for purposes that remain largely debated, once occupied a spot in this townland, and then it was gone, leaving no visible trace on the ground.

The stone's history, such as it can be reconstructed, is largely a history of absence. It does not appear on the Ordnance Survey six-inch maps of 1842 or 1903, which is itself unusual; the OS mapping campaigns of the nineteenth century were meticulous, and standing stones that existed at the time were generally recorded. The first and only official cartographic acknowledgement of the Fornaght stone came on the 1938 OS six-inch revision, where it was marked as a single standing stone. At some point after that, it was removed entirely. Whether it was taken for use as a gatepost or field boundary stone, as happened to countless prehistoric megaliths across the country, or simply disposed of during land clearance, is not recorded. No surface trace remains.