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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Drombeg Stone Circle Alternative Name: An Drom Beag, An Droim BeagCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Cork Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Skibbereen Nearest Village: Drombeg
Map Ref: W2468035185
Discovery Map Number: D89
Latitude: 51.564805N Longitude: 9.08691W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Dutch visited on 16th Dec 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Earlier visit in June 1988.
abominabledrh visited on 7th May 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
abominabledrh visited on 28th Sep 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
smithpaul visited on 28th Jul 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
kith visited on 1st Nov 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Orcinus visited on 1st Jan 2010 Visited in 2010 with Lou & the legendary Roy Harper
SteveC visited on 5th May 2006 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Klingon visited on 22nd Mar 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.14 Access: 4.14
Just over 30 meters 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.
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for this stone circle - see their page for the Drombeg Stone Circle, Glandore, Co. Cork, Southern Ireland, which includes a photograph, a description, details of an archaeological excavation carried out in the late 1950s, and a list of reference sources for more information.
As we first reported a couple of years ago, Terence Meaden wants to show how Drombeg has solved the riddle of Stonehenge, full details in his new book - more in our comments, including a link to the book contents, foreward and first five chapters
Note: Winter solstice at Drombeg!
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