Suspected Alignment / Alignments: Winter Solstice Sun-set
Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W1047056466
Location: Link to Bing Maps
Description:
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"In pasture on shoulder on N slopes of Maughanaclea hills, overlooking Owngar river valley. Circle appears to have consisted of thirteen stones. Twelve survive, five of which, including S entrance stone are prostrate. Orthostats are 0.7m to 2.1m L, 0.3m to 0.5m T and 0.8m to 1.6m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 11.3m. Two boulder-burials (CO106-01602-; CO106-01603-) stand within circle. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 19, no. 23; Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 36)"
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 Maughanclea Stone Circle on www.themodernantiquarian.com by contributor Uwe Häberle
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