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Thirteen out of the original 17 stones of this impressive circle survive, the most westerly of which is the fine axial, which has 2 egg-shaped cup-marks, one with a surrounding ring. The 2 portal stones (1.8 meters high) are as usual on the NE side. Radiocarbon tests on the cremated burial found in the centre of the circle nave a date between 150 BC and 130 AD, though the circle itself is almost certainly Bronze Age. I
~Just over 30meters to the W are the remains of 2 conjoined round huts, the larger of which had a timber roof supported by a central post. The smaller hut had a cooking-oven on its E side. From the huts a causeway leads to a cooking-place containing a hearth, a well, and a trough in which water was boiled by dropping in hot stones. Almost 350 litres could be boiled within 15 minutes of the stones being dropped in. The presence of the stone circle, huts, and cooking-place suggests that annual or seasonal gatherings took place at a sacred site down to the 5th century AD, the dating obtained for the cooking place.
~The stone circles of Bohonagh and Reanascreena South are not far away.
Access: 2.4 km (1 ½ miles) E of Glandore, 250 m down a path to the E of a byroad. Signposted (SN 381).
One of the few stone circles in County Cork with proper signposts all the way, off the Glandor and Clonakilty Rd, it is a short walk from the sign posts with a proper car park.
Drombeg submitted by Aska Just about the sunset, the shadows of the stones tried to show their long existence on the earth.
Drombeg submitted by KenWilliams A closer view of the solstice sun near sunset, the small group here on the 20th witnessed the sun rolling down the ridge seen here before being slightly obscured by cloud as it dissapeared into the notch with the tree groiwng in it.
Drombeg submitted by KenWilliams Sunset at Drombeg Stone Circle, 20th December 2006. The winter solstice sun sets in the notch in the hills seem through the portals and over the axial stone.
Drombeg submitted by KenWilliams Daybreak at Drombeg, 7.53am 21/2/06
Drombeg Fulacht Fiadh and Hut submitted by Klingon Ancient settlement near the Drombeg Stone Circle.
Drombeg by Pinhole camera submitted by Luca_Paradisi Pinhole photo by Luca Paradisi of West Cork Prints
Drombeg submitted by Johnny Drombeg Stone Circle, Co. Cork (W247 352):
One of the better known stone circles in Ireland, Drombeg is exceptionally well preserved and is one of the best known examples of an axial stone circle in Ireland. It is characteristic of several circles in the area around Ross Carbery, consisting of seventeen stones forming a circle just over nine meters in diameter. The tallest of the stones are a
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