Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W0420447738
Location: Link to Bing Maps
Description:
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"On level terrace on S-facing slope, in valley of Owennashingaun river. Circle complete; S entrance stone split; interior filled with field stones. Stones are 0.8m to 1.5m L, 0.2m to 0.4m T and 0.7m to 1.1m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 2.4m."
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 Trawlebane stone circle by www.themodernantiquarian.com contributor Michael Mitchell
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