Suspected Alignment / Alignments: Feb - Nov Cross Quarter Sun-set
Site Type: Stone Circle
Irish Grid Ref: W0893956298
Location: Link
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Description:
This stone circle is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"In flat pasture, near headwaters of Delehinagh River. Circle incomplete; probably consisted of seven stones. Five erect stones remain; these include axial stone and N entrance stone. Orthostats are 0.7m to 1.7m L, 0.3m to 0.35m T and 0.78m to 0.95m H. Internal measurement along estimated main axis, aligned ENE-WSW, is 2.7m. (O Nualláin 1984a, 14, no. 8)."
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.
Links to photographs;
Pictures of Oughtihery Stone Circle by www.themodernantiquarian.com contributor Uwe Häberle
