Showing posts with label knockraheen stone circle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knockraheen stone circle. Show all posts
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Knockraheen Stone Circle
The superb site of Knockraheen boasts a circle, stone row and a radial cairn.
The main purpose of my visit was to see the stone circle.
Knockraheen is a lovely five stone circle.
This was my second visit to the site and as on my first visit the site is still in need of a clean up.
The circle has a diameter of 3.8 meters.
The low and long axial stone is over 1 meter in length and over 0.5 of a meter in height, this stone faces S/W.
The four other stones of the circle vary in height and are close to the 1 meter mark.
The two standing quartzite stones are both over the 1 meter mark.
You will pass these stones as you walk to the circle from the road.
The radial cairn was so badly overgrown on the day of my visit I did not attempt to photograph it.
Access - The road that runs beside the site is very narrow so parking is tricky, but you will be able to see the circle from the road.
This really is a great little site, and if it got a little bit of clean up it would be pretty close to perfect.
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Location:
Knockraheen, Co. Cork, Ireland
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