Suspected Alignment / Alignments: Winter Solstice Sun-set
Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W0810661237
Location: Link to Bing Maps
Description:
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"In tillage on shoulder of SE-facing slope near head of Owvane river valley. Five stones are 0.5m to 1.1m L, 0.35m to 0.6m T and 0.6m to 0.9m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 2.3m. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 39, no. 77)"
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 Baurgorm Stone Circle by www.themodernantiquarian.com contributor Uwe Häberle
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