Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W3710683488
Location: Link to Bing Maps
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| Carrigagulla stone circle looking through the portal stones |
Description:
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"On level patch in gently sloping pasture, on W side of Laney River basin. Circle incomplete; may have consisted of seventeen stones. Fifteen stones survive, including axial and radially-set entrance stones. Orthostats are 0.6m to 1.7m L, 0.25m to 0.4m T and 0.4m to 0.9m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned ENE-WSW, is 7.8m. Internal block (H 0.4m; 0.9m x 0.6m) stands on main axis of circle. Five-stone circle (CO049-007----) stands c. 380m to NNE. (O Nualláin 1984a, 12, no. 4)"
This is one of the most impressive remaining stone circles in Ireland. 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 Feb - Nov Cross Quarter days. This circle is sign-posted from the road and is approximately 2 kms down a track behind a farm-yard.
Links to photographs;
Pictures of the Carrigagulla Stone Circle on Ken Williams blog www.shadowsandstones.com
Links for further information;
More information on Carrigagulla stone circle at wikipedia
