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The Ménec alignments, the best-known megalithic site among the Carnac stones Stones in the Kerlescan alignments Megalithic alignments at Carnac Le Menec alignments. The Carnac stones (Breton: Steudadoù Karnag) are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli ...
stone circle - -Bohonagh: Cork: stone circle - Brownshill Dolmen: Carlow-portal tomb: 5000–6000 years -Carnfree: Roscommon-cairns, standing stones - Carrigagulla: Cork-stone circles, stone rows - Carrowkeel Tombs: Sligo
It occupied a place within the circle, although its placement was not central. The second last standing stone was removed in 1914, and used as a lintel. From the base the stone circle at Steinacleit archaeological site is clearly visible to the north east. The Callanish standing stones are 20 miles (30 kilometres) southwest.
Castlenalacht Stone Row is an alignment (or stone row) of four tall and free-standing stones located on a hilltop in the townland of Castlenalacht, Innishannon parish, 6km north of Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. [1] It dates from the Bronze Age (c. 3000–4000 years ago) and is the largest of the over 80 stone rows in south-west Ireland. [2]
Àirigh Mhaoldonuich (Calanais XV) - standing stone; Cliacabhadh (Calanais XVI) - standing stone; stones; Druim Na h-Aon Choich (Calanais XVII) - standing stone (possible) Loch Crogach (Calanais XVIII) - standing stone (possible) Buaile Chruaidh (Calanais XIX) - standing stone (possible) There are many other sites nearby; not all are now visible.
The standing stone was probably erected at some time in the Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age (4000 BC to 1500 BC), and Pictish symbols were later engraved at some time in the Late Iron Age to Early Medieval period (500 AD to 700 AD) on its north face. The symbols are a salmon above a double-disc with a Z-rod. When first recorded in 1780, a circle ...
A menhir (/ ˈ m ɛ n h ɪər /; [1] from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long" [2]), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. They can be found individually as monoliths, or as part of a group of similar ...
View from the south-side, with a portal stone at the right (east-facing side) Poulnabrone dolmen consists of a slab-like tabular capstone (or table-stone) supported by two pillar stones on either side which create a chamber that tapers eastwards. Two portal stones at its lower end mark the tomb's entrance. [6]