Suspected Alignment / Alignments: Winter Solstice Sun-set
Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W1537249973
Location: Link to Bing Maps
Description:
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"In pasture, on shoulder of NW-facing lower slopes of Milane hill. Circle complete; interior filled with field stones. Stones are 0.9m to 1.15m L, 0.3m to 0.7m T and 0.7m to 1.3m H. Internal measurement along main axis,aligned NE-SW, is 2.7m. Pair of standing stones (CO120-00101-) to SW. (O Nualláin 1984, 43, no. 88)"
Jack Roberts, who has been studying the stone circles of Cork & Kerry for 30 years, suspects that this stone circle is aligned to the sun-set on the Winter Solstice.
Links to photographs;
Pictures of Clodagh Stone Circle by www.themodernantiquarian.com contributor Uwe Häberle
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