Suspected Alignment / Alignments: Winter Solstice Sun-set
Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W0482246002
Location: Link to Bing Maps
Description:
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"In level pasture, on saddle between Maunvaugh hill and lower ridge to S, overlooking Owennashingaun river basin to E. Axial stone missing, interior of circle filled with field stones. Orthostats are 0.6m to 1m L, 0.3m to 0.4m T and 0.4m to 0.6m H. Estimated internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is c. 3m. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 43, no. 87; Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 2)."
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 Inchybegga Stone Circle by www.themodernantiquarian.com contributor ocifant
Pictures and info on www.megalithic.co.uk by contributor frogcottage42
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