Suspected Alignment / Alignments: Winter Solstice Sun-set
Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W3948277205
Location: Link to Bing Maps
Description:
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"On SE-facing slope, near top of hill on W side of Glashagarriff River valley. Circle complete; axial stone is prostrate and E side stone displaced. Orthostats are 1m to 1.2m L, 0.3m to 0.8m T and 0.9m to 1.6m H. Estimated internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 2.7m. Stone row (CO060-143----) stands 200m to NE. (O Nualláin 1984a, 36, no. 64)"
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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