Suspected Alignment / Alignments: Winter Solstice Sun-rise
Site Type: Stone Row
Irish Grid Ref: W2275088206
Location: Link to Bing Maps
Description:
This stone row is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"In pasture, on NW-facing slope near head of Owennagloor River valley. Row of three stones; centre stone alone standing in 1986. Row was aligned N-S and 5.1m in overall length. N stone stood 1.1m N of erect stones; it measured 0.7m L, 0.4m T and 1m H. Centre stone is 1.2m L, 0.65m T and 1.3m H. S stone was tallest and stood 0.9m to S of last; it measured 1.1m L, 0.25m T and 1.75m H. (O Nualláin 1988, 231, no. 6)"
This alignment was used by Clive Ruggles in an argument against the stone rows of Cork & Kerry being purposefully aligned as it was the only stone row in the group aligned in this direction. Even so it is aligned to one of the main astronomical events of the year and as such is included here.
Links to photographs;
Picture of Kippagh Stone Row by Clive Ruggles in the Leicester University archive
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