- Bohonagh
Bohonagh is a recumbent
stone circle located 2.4km east ofRosscarbery ,County Cork , Ireland. The circle is thought to date from theBronze Age . A boulder burial is sited nearby.cite book | last=Weir, A| year=1980 |title=Early Ireland. A Field Guide | publisher=Blackstaff Press | location=Belfast | pages=p113] (grid ref: 308 368, Latitude: 51.580102N Longitude: 8.998987W [cite web | title=Bohonagh | work=The Megalithic Portal | url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=685 | accessdate=2008-06-11] )Features
The stone circle comprised 13 stones set in a circle with a diameter of 30ft. Four out of the 13 stones are missing and three were re-erected after excavation. Two
portal stones are set radially on an east-west axis to the recumbent stones and are 240cm high. At just under 8ft, these stone are among the tallest of any Irish stone circle. The axis from these stones to the large axial-stone on the west side, points to sunset at theequinox es. Many of the stones have quartz inclusions and many small pieces of quartz are associated with the circle.cite web | title=Bohonagh Recumbent Stone Circle - Co. Cork | work=Megalithics.com | url=http://www.megalithics.com/ireland/bohonagh/bonomain.htm | accessdate=2008-06-11]A boulder burial is sited 20m east of the circle, and its large capstone (weighing almost 20 tons) has seven or more small cup-marks on the upper surface. Two of the three small supporting stones are of
quartz and a fourth has been uprooted. A nearby loose slab also features cup-marks. The complex, which included a wooden house (which had been excavated) is of Bronze Age date.Excavations
In 1959 the site was excavated and a central pit containing charcoal and cremated bone was found.
ee also
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List of megalithic monuments in Cork References
* McNally, Kenneth (2006). "Ireland's Ancient Stones" (Belfast: Appletree Press). ISBN 0 8628 1996 2
External links
* [http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/zBohonagh.htm Irish Megaliths - Photographs of Bohonagh]
* [http://www.megalithicireland.com/Bohonagh.html Megalithic Ireland - Photographs of Bohonagh Stone Circle]
* [http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/cork/bohonagh.html Irish Antiquities - Bohonagh Boulder Burial and Stone Circle]
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