Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W2914369403
Location: Link to Bing Maps
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| Teergay stone circle |
Description:
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"In low-lying flat arable land, on W side of Lee River. Circle incomplete; may have consisted of nine stones. Seven erect stones and single prostrate stone remain; these include axial stone and entrance stones. Orthostats are 0.8m to 1.1m L, 0.4m to 0.6m T and 0.5m to 1m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is c. 7.2m. (O Nualláin 1984a, 15, no. 2)"
Jack Roberts, who has been studying the stone circles of Cork & Kerry for over 30 years, suspects that this stone circle is aligned to the sun-set on the winter solstice.
Links to photographs;
Picture of the portal stones by www.themodernantiquarian.com contributor Gordon Kingston
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