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Beenalaght
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Beenalaght submitted by KenWilliams on 15th Dec 2005. An Seisear, a very impressive row of stones located across a long field on the road from Coachford to Mallow. They are hard to spot now due to a pine plantation which the stones almost blend into when viewed from the road.
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Bealick Wedge Tomb
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bealick Wedge Tomb submitted by karolus on 12th May 2023. 2023
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Caherbaroul Pair
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Caherbaroul Pair submitted by KiwiJon on 7th Nov 2007. A pair of magnificent stones in a commanding position high above the valley. Each one must be at least 8 feet high. The nearby fort is visible for miles. There is also a tiny cross slab located a couple of hundred metres further downhill and up a short farm track to the right.
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An Bhéillic standing stone west
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
An Bhéillic standing stone west submitted by GaelicLaird on 4th Jul 2021. Photo taken June 2021
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An Bhéillic wedge tomb
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
An Bhéillic wedge tomb submitted by GaelicLaird on 29th Jun 2021. A nice small tomb in reasonably good condition.
Photo taken June 2021.
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Cailleach Beara
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cailleach Beara submitted by Runemage on 11th Mar 2011. I'd only just passed through the gate when my sandal broke after a few steps, so I continued barefoot. The atmosphere there that day was feminine, gentle and enfolding. It was of an intensity I've only experienced at a few other sites, Cailleach in her aspect of Mother, warm gentle and nurturing.
From the first sight of her, which is the view in this image, I could instantly see where the legend had arisen of her waiting on the shore for her lover Manannan Mac Lir to return. She does look like...
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Lisnagun Standing Stone
Date Added: 4th Jul 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Lisnagun Standing Stone submitted by Klingon on 8th Apr 2005. Standing Stone inside a churchyard. Our hands were prickle when touching the stone.
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Log Text: Large, wide, and thin standing stone in the front of a church yard. Public access is easy through the unlocked gates and there's parking around the side. The stone tapers upward towards the north point and is slightly lower on the south point. Very straight on both east and west sides plus along the top, well shaped. The alignment appears to be perfectly north according to my compass (taller peak facing north, alignment along the long axis). The church itself seems old as well.
Millstreet Country Park
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Museum
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Millstreet Country Park submitted by Andy B on 19th Mar 2010. I suppose that Millstreet Country Park should be described as a theme park, its theme being the wildlife, archeology and history of the area. It must be unique in that its entrance is around 390m up a mountain. After you enter, you must drive around 2Km and drop about 180m to reach the visitor centre. The photo shows a recreated crannóg, a prehistoric dwelling on an artificial island, just one of the delights of this wonderful place.
Image location W 352 859
Copyright Richard Fensome and ...
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Castlenalacht
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Castlenalacht submitted by KaiHofmann on 26th Oct 2012. Castlenalacht stone row
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Turnaspidogy stone row
Date Added: 3rd Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Turnaspidogy stone row submitted by GaelicLaird on 12th Oct 2023. Looking south east.
Lough Allua just visible to the right of the middle stone. There's a Crannog situated in Lough Allua visible from the roadside.
Photo taken June 2023.
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Log Text: In the middle of a field, close to the road. There's a gate to the south to cross the fence at which is further from the road. As previously described, the tallest stone has fallen but the other two remain in original positions. White quartz veins running through the two tallest stones. There is a depression in the earth close to the narrow base of the fallen stone that is the same size as that side's base, and is positioned the same distance from the middle stone as the smaller stone is to the middle. The alignment faces south overlooking Lough Allua. It is aligned SW of the lake towards the southern mountains.
Cloonshear Beg
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cloonshear Beg submitted by GaelicLaird on 19th Oct 2021. Photo taken September 2021
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Dromcarra N
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Dromcarra N submitted by GaelicLaird on 18th Oct 2021. The middle stone and the one to its right are decorated with small cup marks.
Photo taken September 2021.
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Barnagowlane West wedge tomb
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Barnagowlane West wedge tomb submitted by GaelicLaird on 1st Feb 2024. The three outer stones on the eastern side supporting the capstone.
Photo taken October 2023.
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Reananerre circle
Date Added: 1st Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Reananerre circle submitted by Aska on 17th Jan 2008. This stone circle stands in the backyard of a house at the north-eastern end of the village.
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Reananerre row
Date Added: 1st Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Reananerre row submitted by Aska on 17th Jan 2008. This alignment crosses the hedge of the upper field close to Reananerre stone circle.
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Gortanimill
Date Added: 1st Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Gortanimill submitted by chaika on 7th Jun 2016. Gortanimill stone circle stands beside road. Easy access through gate. View looking up to circle from gate. Fall 2015.
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Log Text: Beautiful site overlooking a great view. The site is very close to the road and right by a gate that can be parked at and opened easily (this gate is not the one at the junction but a little further up the single-car road). The stone circle is in a sheep field but go slow and they'll leave you be. The quartz stone in the middle is now in two pieces but the bottom remains rooted in place. A nice big circle with many of its stones still in their original upright position.
Drombeg Stone Circle
Date Added: 5th Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Drombeg Stone Circle submitted by GaelicLaird on 22nd Dec 2022. Winter solstice - 21 December 2022.
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Log Text: Incredible stone circle in excellent condition, part of a complex of sites in the immediate area. The view of the area is wide and stunning. Access is very easy, there is a carpark and a maintained walking path up to the site. There is a gate wide enough for a car likely for OPW use, but might be able to be used for easier disabled access via private car if arrangements are made with OPW ahead of time. Good informational signage at site giving context to both the stone circle and nearby cooking pit and hut sites.
Drombeg Fulacht Fiadh and Hut
Date Added: 5th Jul 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Drombeg Fulacht Fiadh and Hut submitted by Klingon on 8th Apr 2005. Ancient settlement near the Drombeg Stone Circle.
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Log Text: Both the fulacht fiadh and the hut site are now outlines in the earth with partial stone walls, but the outlines of these spaces is undisturbed and clearly visible. There are numerous earthworks surrounding these two forming rings and ditches, though it is unclear if these are contemporary to the fulacht fiadh and the hut or modern earthworks. The fulacht fiadh was filled with rainwater and plucked daisies, which grow on the outer side of this site.
Burrane Standing Stone
Date Added: 4th Jul 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 4
Burrane Standing Stone submitted by Klingon on 8th Apr 2005. This massive Standing Stone is a granitic rock with a quartzite top.
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Log Text: Beautiful tall stone, very wide and contains much white quartz. The southern side is mostly white quartz and tapers to a point around the stone's mid-height. The northern side rises to a peak and is quite flat with shooting of white quartz running vertically to the tallest tip. In a sheepfield but very close to a gate, there is an electric wire and the gate is by two fields separated by a hedge. The stone is on the right (eastern) side. There is a signpost further back on the road before the turn indicating this is locally called "Mass Rock".
Templebryan stone circle
Date Added: 5th Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Templebryan stone circle submitted by Ebor on 30th Apr 2016. 'The Druids Temple' aka Templebryan Stone Circle - The quartz stone at the centre of the circle is known as "Cloich Griene" meaning the sunstone. This is said to be the stone from where Clonakilty got it's name.
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Log Text: Five stones remain in the circle, surrounds a large quartzite boulder in the centre. The stone with gaps to both sides seems just slightly misaligned with the central quartz and the middle of two closer set stones, plus its upper face tapers up towards where the best alignment of the central quartz and middle of the portals stones would be, suggesting this remaining stone may have flanked the original recumbent, now missing. The immediate area around and in the circle has been used to dump field and hedge cuttings so it's a little precarious, just keep an eye on your footing. There's an access point into the field just a little north of the circle if you don't mind a short climb over mud. The stones are visible from the road approaching from the north. The tops of the two potential portal stones close set to each other are remarkably flat. The taller one is quite craggy like tree bark on its sides, while the stouter one has white quartz deposits along the top.