Gortnatubrid

Suspected Alignment / Alignments:  Equinox Sun-set
Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W1934175880
Location: Link to Bing Maps


Gortnatubird stone circle with loyal companion Ned for scale

Description:

This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;

"In boggy ground, near top of hill. Circle incomplete; N entrance stone is missing. Orthostats are 0.7m to 0.8m L, 0.45m to 0.5m T and 0.6m to 0.8m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned E-W, is c. 2.3m. Anomalous group of standing stones (CO058-030---) 90m to NE. (O Nualláin 1984a, 34, no. 61)"

This circle is near the road but is on private property. One of the portal stones and the axial stone remain. 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.

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Pic of Gortnatubrid stone circle on www.themodernantiquarian.com by contributor Charles Coughlan


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