Lettergorman SW

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Lettergorman SW ( Irish Leitir Gormáin also Maultanvally called), southwest of Ballygurteen in County Cork in Ireland , is a five- stone stone circle of the Cork-Kerry series . A sixth block of white quartz is right next to the stone circle. Quartz stones ( Irish Grianchloch - German  "sun stone " ) are often associated with stone circles. The name of the townland Leitir Gormáin means ( German  " cornflower slope" ).

Five Stony circuits ( English Five-stone Circles ) consist of a ring or D-shaped arrangement of medium-sized, single standing stones whose number is five (z. B. Carrigagulla , Cullomane, Derreenataggart , Glanbrack, Kealkill , Knocknakilla or Uragh ). Their diameter varies between 2.3 and 4.0 meters.

Lettergorman SW's stone circle consists of four, sometimes very thin, stones. A thick, fifth stone lies in the southwest of the circle. It is about 1.5 m long, 1.4 m high and over a meter thick. The tallest stones are the 1.6 m high so-called portal stones, one of which is on the ground. There are many reading stones scattered around the circle .

Lettergorman North

In North Lettergorman one is four-post stone circle ( English four-poster stone circle ). This rare "Himmelstein Circle" is one of only six in Ireland. The stone circle sits on a ridge overlooking the valley of the Glashagloragh River. The three stones preserved indicate a trapezoidal arrangement.

literature

  • Seán Ó Nualláin: The Stone Circle Complex of Cork and Kerry. In: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 105 1975 pp. 83-131
  • Seán Ó Nualláin: Stone Circles in Ireland. Country House, Dublin 1995, pp. 35-43, ISBN 0-946172-45-5 .
  • Denis Power: Archaeological inventory of County Cork, Volume 3: Mid Cork, 6435 P10. ColorBooks, 1997, ISBN 0-7076-4933-1 .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 30.9 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 1.3 ″  W.