Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W3181990358
Location: Link to Bing Maps
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| Glenleigh stone circle |
Description:
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"On top of low ridge, in rolling pasture, in N foothills of Boggeragh Mountains. Circle incomplete; W side stone is missing and E entrance stone appears displaced. Orthostats are 0.8m to 2.2m L, 0.25m to 0.6m T and 0.9m to 1.1m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is c. 3.4m.(O Nualláin 1984a, 30, no. 50)"
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;
Links for further information;
Link to some information on the circle on www.megalithics.com
