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Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland, and include burial sites (including passage tombs, portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens)) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows).
There are 187 stone circles in the Republic of Ireland. The vast majority of these are in County Cork, which has 103 circles. There are 20 circles in County Kerry and 11 in County Mayo. [5] There is also a large fully intact stone circle in Grange in County Limerick, near Lough Gur [6] Grange [7]
Stone circles in Ireland, circular alignments of standing stones. Stone circles are commonly found across Ireland, Northern Europe and Great Britain, and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age eras, with most concentrations appearing from 3000 BC.
Drombeg stone circle (also known as The Druid's Altar) is a small axial stone circle located 2.4 km (1.5 mi) east of Glandore, County Cork, Ireland. [3] [4]Although not an especially significant example, Drombeg is one of the most visited megalithic sites in Ireland, and is protected under the National Monuments Act. [5]
Cornish stone circle Drombeg stone circle, County Cork, Ireland Stone circle at the Carrigagulla complex, County Cork, Ireland. There are approximately 1300 stone circles in Britain and Ireland. [11] Experts disagree on whether the construction of megaliths in Britain developed independently or was imported from mainland Europe.
Fairy forts (also known as lios or raths from the Irish, referring to an earthen mound) are the remains of stone circles, ringforts, hillforts, or other circular prehistoric dwellings in Ireland. [1] From possibly the late Iron Age to early Christian times, people built circular structures with earth banks or ditches. These were sometimes ...
The Ballynoe stone circle is located near the village of Ballynoe, County Down, in Northern Ireland. [5] The circle measures 35 m (115 ft) in diameter and includes 50 or more small, upright stones, with a maximum height of 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in).
A stone row at Beaghmore. A cairn at Beaghmore.. There are seven low stone circles of different sizes, six of which are paired, twelve cairns and ten stone rows.The circles are between 10 and 20m in diameter, and are associated with earlier burial cairns and alignments of stone rows lead towards them.