- Carrigagulla
Carrigagulla is a megalithic complex located 2.9 km north-east of
Ballinagree ,County Cork , Ireland.cite book | last=Weir, A| year=1980 |title=Early Ireland. A Field Guide | publisher=Blackstaff Press | location=Belfast | pages=p113-114] It comprises tworecumbent stone circles , twostone row s, and anogham stone (moved).Features
The main site is an axial stone circle, 8.2m in diameter, comprising 16 stones, with one misplaced. Their height varies from 30cm to 90cm. The long, straight-edged axial stone is not the lowest, and the highest is next to the lower of the two portal stones. A boulder is situated in the middle of the circle.
About 250m north, near the River Laney, is another stone circle: of five stones in a D-shape, with an axial stone with a naturally bevelled upper surface.
Elements
* Carrigagulla AA 7.8m diameter stone circle comprising 15 standing stones circling a central slab. It is thought that there originally may have been 17 stones in place ref|ARCH1. Grid Ref: W 371 835
* Carrigagulla NEA stone row comprising five stones, four of which have been moved and are now used as gates. W 371 829
*Carrigagulla SWA stone row comprising three stones, one of which has fallen. Grid ref: 384 828, Latitude: 51.994352N Longitude: 8.89753W. [cite web | title=Carigagulla SW | work=The Megalithic Portal | url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1808 | accessdate=2008-06-12]
* Carrigagulla Ogham StoneDiscovered by
Coillte Teoranta during peat cutting, but the exact location of the find is not known. It has been housed in Cork Public Museum since 1940.ee also
List of megalithic monuments in Cork References
# "Denis Power (1997). "Archaeological inventory of County Cork, Volume 3: Mid Cork, 6435 P10." ColorBooks. ISBN 0-7076-4933-1"
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External links
* [http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/cork.htm Irish Megaliths - Selected Monuments in County Cork]
* [http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1255 Megalithomania]
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