Cullaun Stones

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The Cullaun Stones ( Irish Collán ) are menhirs ; ( Irish Gallán ) and groups; ( English Standing Stone groups ), which, apart from a stone circle at Cullaun ( Irish Collán ), similar to the neighboring Timoney Stones, do not follow any recognizable pattern. They are located at Templemore in County Tipperary in Ireland . Their distribution extends to the vicinity of the Timoney Stones to the north, with which they may have formed a complex.

Like the Timoney Stones, this collection of 28 menhirs is spread over many fields or pastures. Only a stone circle with six of the original 13 stones represents a well-known structure. A special feature in the center of the circle are the remains of what is probably a younger dun . Some stones can be part of a larger circle with many stones missing. Two larger stones may have formed the entrance (as in the stone circle of Grange on Lough Gur ).

literature

  • Kenneth McNally: Standing Stones and other monuments of early Ireland . Appletree, Belfast 1984, ISBN 0-86281-121-X .

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