Menhir of Ballyellin

The menhir of Ballyellin in the townland of Ballyellin and Tomdarragh ( Irish Baile Eilín agus Tom Darach ) is a granite menhir ( English standing stone ) in a pasture east of Goresbridge (County Killkenny) on the farthest edge of County Carlow in Ireland .

The stone is about 2.65 meters high, 0.7 m wide and 0.55 m thick. It is one of several grooved stones in Carlow, the only county in Ireland with stones of this type. More examples can be seen in Ardristan , Glenoge and Williamstown. The grooves here, about 0.6 m long, are smaller than the others.

Nearby are the Portal Tombs of Ballygraney and Kilgraney .

literature

• Kenneth McNally: Standing Stones and other Monuments of early Ireland . Appletree Press, Belfast 1984, ISBN 0-86281-121-X .
• Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .

Web links

• Description Engl. and picture on megalithicireland.com
• Description Engl. and picture on irishstones.org

Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 47 "  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 55"  W.