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Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Sunday, 13 October 2002  Page Views: 16699

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Derreenataggart Alternative Name: Derrintaggart, Doirín an tSagairt Thiar
Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Cork Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Castletownbere  Nearest Village: Derreenataggart
Map Ref: V6655646295
Discovery Map Number: D84
Latitude: 51.653852N  Longitude: 9.928941W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

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optimistic20814 visited on 15th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 On the day I visited, I could see Ardnakinna light house on Bere Island between the two south facing stones.

mike53 visited on 1st May 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

SteveC visited on 4th May 2006 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5

Klingon visited on 28th Mar 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5

MAIGO AngieLake have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5

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Derreenataggart submitted by ladrin : Beautiful setting... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Eight of the post-like stones of this neat circle are standing, including one of the radially-set portal stones. The other portal stone has broken, and 3 other stones of the circle have fallen. The axial stone is a fine long slab 1.2 m high and 2.1 m long.

~See Ardgroom Outward for another circle of post- like stones.

~Just over 6.4km (4ml) N by W is the tall Ogham-inscribed standing stone at Faunkill-and-the-Woods.

~Just over 8 km (5 ml) E by S, in Ardaragh on Bear (or Bere) Island (linked to the mainland by road) is a wedge-tomb V 75 44) close to a lane from the former British naval rifle range to Rerrin hamlet. It comprises a collapsed main chamber about 5m long, the front (W) end of which is a short portico or antechamber with a septal stone 130cm high.

Access: 1.2km ( ¾ ml) WNW of Castletown Berehaven and 50m N of a byroad leading N off the L 61.
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Derreenataggart submitted by bburdetteva : Easily accessible with some (friendly) cow dodging. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Derreenataggart submitted by chaika : Taken 9/22/14, this shows the sun setting behind the axial on the Autumn Equinox. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Derreenataggart submitted by ladrin : Distinctive recumbent or axial stone (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Derreenataggart submitted by Aska : The view from the east. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Derreenataggart submitted by AngieLake : Here's another view of the circle near Castletownbere, on the Beara Peninsula in West Cork. The spelling on the brown pointer notice board at the site was 'Derrintaggart West', but in the Discovery Map series it is referred to as Derreenataggart. It is a beautiful site that I hope to return to one day: one of the hundreds of megalithic sites that litter the Beara Peninsula. (2 comments)

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Derreenataggart submitted by Flickr : Dereenataggart stone circle, County Cork Image copyright: Erik's pictures, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Derreenataggart submitted by ladrin : Stones are tall slabs, what is typical for the south-west region.

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Derreenataggart submitted by AngieLake : This image found recently on disk of film photos taken in 2001 or 2002. To join rather than replace the small but more colourful original on site page, hopefully?

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Derreenataggart submitted by AngieLake : Taken in 2001 or 2002 - this image just found and downloaded off disk processed at the time. Sorry about quality.

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Derreenataggart submitted by MAIGO : This stone circle is located near Casteltownbere and easy to find.

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Derreenataggart submitted by bburdetteva : Picturesque location!

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Derreenataggart submitted by Johnny : Derreenataggart Stone Circle, Co. Cork (V665 463): Derreenataggart is both easily accessible and a fine example of an axial or recumbent stone circle. It is now incomplete: of an original fifteen or so stones, nine remain erect and three are now prostrate. The stones are graded in height increasing from the stones adjacent to the recumbent, c0.4m in height, up to the stones in the portal are...

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Derreenataggart submitted by mike53 : A page from our photo album showing several views of the Derreenataggart stone circle.

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Derreenataggart submitted by Energyman : The two stones in the center of the picture are aligned to the equinox sunset.

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Derreenataggart submitted by Energyman : One of the possible cupmarks, marked by the compass

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Derreenataggart submitted by Energyman : The flat, grooved stone with pointed end directed at the notch, 197 azimuth, +1 degree elevation

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Derreenataggart submitted by Energyman : From the SW 25/5/17. A lovely, peaceful circle easy to reach.

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Derreenataggart submitted by Energyman : This is the stone that lies flat, level with the earth surface. It has an obvious man-made groove running down its entire surface, with cup marks (to my mind.) It is 2003 by 380mm, and aligns itself exactly between the two entrance stones at 192 degrees True, which points to a notch on the horizon.

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Derreenataggart submitted by ladrin : The site is well signposted.

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Derreenataggart submitted by AngieLake : Taller stones at beautiful Derreenataggart, taken in 2001[?]

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Re: Derreenataggart by Andy B on Monday, 07 May 2018
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Class Stone circle - multiple-stone
Townland DERREENATAGGART WEST
SMR No. CO115-011002-
Description On level patch of rough pasture on SE slopes of Miskish mountain. Circle incomplete; may have consisted of fifteen stones. Twelve survive, three of these prostrate. Orthostats are 0.4m to 2.4m L, 0.15m to 0.3m T and 1.25m to 1.9m H. Internal measurement along mains axis, aligned E-W, is 7.8m. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 20, no. 26) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Source: NMS Ireland
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Re: Derreenataggart by AngieLake on Sunday, 21 December 2008
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"Top Rated Stone Circles in The Republic of Ireland...according to http://www.megalithic.co.uk, whose researchers rank each site for overall condition, ambience and ease of access. Scoring is out of 15, with only the sites that achieve 10 points or more listed.

Derreenataggart, Co. Cork, 14
Kilmartin Lower, Co. Cork, 14
Glanbrack, Co. Cork, 13
Ardgroom, Co. Cork, 12
...."
.... and so on (27 altogether).

The list comes from a little A5 sized hard-backed book called 'The Stonehenge Companion' which I picked up for only £2.99 at Stonehenge visitor centre's shop last Wednesday. It is published by English Heritage in their Think Books series, author James McClintock. It's a miscellany of interesting facts relating to Stonehenge, even to the names of rock (and other types of music?) albums including the name.
It was marked £9.99 on the cover, but may be reduced because it is a 2006 publication. I've only dipped into it briefly so far, but it looks very promising!
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