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Gortnabinna
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2010
Gortnabinna submitted by frogcottage42 on 25th Apr 2010. Almost invisible in the long rushes this monument would benefit from some grazing!
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Gortanacra
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2010
Gortanacra submitted by frogcottage42 on 25th Apr 2010. The reduction in grazing over the past few years has made it nearly impossible to see even relatively complete circles like this one.
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Grousemount circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2010
Grousemount circle submitted by frogcottage42 on 25th Apr 2010. Looking from the South.
The notched stone in the foreground aligns to the setting midwinter sun in the cleft between two nearby hills
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Grousemount North
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2010
Grousemount North submitted by frogcottage42 on 25th Apr 2010. Looking from the NE at the opening.
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Derrybanane
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010
Derrybanane submitted by frogcottage42 on 30th Apr 2010. Looking straight into the chamber from the WSW.
The two small stones in the centre once formed the door
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Knockoura
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2010
Knockoura submitted by frogcottage42 on 2nd May 2010. From the south.
The middle stone is hiding under some moss in the centre
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Killough East Wedge Tomb
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2010
Killough East Wedge Tomb submitted by frogcottage42 on 2nd May 2010. From the NE.
The original closing stones from the rear of the chamber are nowhere to be seen and the inside is filled with clearance stones
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Cloghfune
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2010
Cloghfune submitted by frogcottage42 on 2nd May 2010. From SSE.
This alignment points fairly accurately at Skellig Michael and dos not fit with any other local monuments, so perhaps this is from the early Christian period and points to a sacred place rather than a celestial event
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Ternahillane West
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 3rd May 2010
Ternahillane West submitted by frogcottage42 on 3rd May 2010. Approaching the site from the NW
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Gour Standing Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 3rd May 2010
Gour Standing Stone submitted by frogcottage42 on 3rd May 2010. This smaller (.9m high) stone gets overlooked.
It stands around 40m to the NE of the 2.1m menhir that everyone sees from the road
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Boughill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 8th May 2010
Boughill submitted by frogcottage42 on 8th May 2010. From the South, there is nothing to give scale to this stone but despite it's size it is only visible from across the valley.
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Knockacarrin
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 8th May 2010
Knockacarrin submitted by frogcottage42 on 8th May 2010. From the SW, much of the cairn material has ended up down the slopes to the N and S of the ridge.
The small cairn in the foreground is modern.
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Peakean
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2010
Peakean submitted by frogcottage42 on 9th May 2010. From the SW.
It is difficult to see much form in this mess of stone
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Gorteanish
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2010
Gorteanish submitted by frogcottage42 on 9th May 2010. From the SE.
The stone in the right foreground has fallen toward the camera, the two portals at right by the gorse have fallen inward as has the large squarish stone at the centre rear.
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Gorteanish
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2010
Gorteanish submitted by frogcottage42 on 9th May 2010. From the SE.
The stone in the right foreground has fallen toward the camera, the two portals at right by the gorse have fallen inward as has the large squarish stone at the centre rear.
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Baurgorm SW
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2010
Baurgorm SW submitted by frogcottage42 on 9th May 2010. From NE,
the fallen E portal is just visible and the camouflage within the huge gorse is well illustrated
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Kilmeedy W
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2010
Kilmeedy W submitted by frogcottage42 on 20th May 2010. from the North, the surviving three stones represent the E portal, the SSE stone and the axial.
This is the first time in a while these have been visible, the field having been recently burnt
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Unidentified (W242882)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2010
Unidentified (W242882) submitted by frogcottage42 on 20th May 2010. This stone with it's socket an packing stones visible below is the one referred to in the County record (vol 111).
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Scartaglin
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 23rd May 2010
Scartaglin submitted by frogcottage42 on 23rd May 2010. Looking from the SW, the large stone at front right appears to be an outlier.
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