Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: V6654746309
Location: Link to Bing Maps
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| Looking towards the recumbent stone at Derreenataggart West |
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"On level patch of rough pasture on SE slopes of Miskish mountain. Circle incomplete; may have consisted of fifteen stones. Twelve survive, three of these prostrate. Orthostats are 0.4m to 2.4m L, 0.15m to 0.3m T and 1.25m to 1.9m H. Internal measurement along mains axis, aligned E-W, is 7.8m. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 20, no. 26)."
There is a parking spot across from this circle and it is sign-posted from the town of Castletownbere so I assume access is not an issue. 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 Equinox days.
Links to photographs;
Picture of Derreenataggart West stone circle by www.themodernantiquarian.com contributor Ken Williams
Links for further information;
Plan of Derreenataggart West by Boyle Somerville
