Cabragh

Suspected Alignment / Alignments:  Winter Solstice Sun-set
Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W2784079870
Location: Link to Bing Maps

Description:

This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;

"In tract of reclaimed pasture, at head of short valley opening onto Foherish River valley to E. Circle partly incorporated in field fence. Circle incomplete; S side stone missing. Orthostats are 0.7m to 0.9m, L 0.2m to 0.4m T and 0.6m to 1.1m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is c. 2.2m. Stone row (6505) stands 6m to S. (O Nualláin 1984a, 35, no. 63)."

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 Cabragh Stone Circle by www.themodernantiquarian.com contributor Michael Mitchell

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