Bohonagh, county Cork

F our out of the original 13 large stones of this impressive circle are missing, and 3 were re-erected after excavation. The 2 portal stones are 2.4 metres high and are set radially. The axis from these to the large axial-stone on the W side points to sunset at the equinoxes.

20 metres E of the circle is a Boulder-burial, whose large capstone has 7 or more small cup-marks on its upper surface. Two of the 3 small supporting stones are of quartz; a fourth has been uprooted. A loose slab nearby also bears cup-marks. The complex, which included a rectangular wooden house was revealed on excavation to be of Bronze Age date, as might be expected.

W 308 368 - Sheet 89

Nearest town: Rosscarbery

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