Baurgorm

Suspected Alignment / Alignments:  Winter Solstice Sun-set
Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W0231446945
Location: Link to Bing Maps

Description:

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

"On small level patch of moorland on NE side of saddle between Spratt Hill and Knockaveagh. One of five stone fallen; others are 0.8m to 1.1m L, 0.15m to 0.3m T and 1m to 1.3m H. Entrance stones set unusually far apart. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 2.45m. Pair of standing stones (CO118-044001-) c. 5.5m to S. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 42, no. 85; Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 5)."

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.

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Pictures of Baurgorm Stone Circle by www.themodernantiquarian.com contributor Michael Mitchell

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