Menhir of Cooradarrigan

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Menhir of Cooradarrigan

The menhir of Cooradarrigan ( Irish Cuar Uí Dheargáin ) stands in a row of trees on the edge of a road that branches off from the R592 south to Skull Harbor, east of Schull in County Cork in Ireland .

The menhir ( English standing stone ) is a stone block with a height of 1.68 meters, a width of 62 centimeters and a thickness of 51 centimeters. Seen from the west it is rectangular in shape, seen from the south it is almost triangular.

Altar's Wedge Tomb is seven kilometers to the west .

literature

  • 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 .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '46 "  N , 9 ° 32' 16.4"  W.