Menhir of Snimnagorta

The Menhir of Snimnagorta (also called Cloghstuckagh or Clogh Stuckagh , Irish cloch stocach , "upright stone") stands on a small hill in the pastureland plains 1.2 kilometers southwest of Ballymore and north of Moate in County Westmeath in Ireland .

The menhir ( English standing stone ) measures about three meters in height, one meter in width and sixty centimeters in thickness. It is made of sandstone and has two "steps" on one side that can be artificial. The packing stones at the base are very large.

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: 53 ° 29 '9.4 "  N , 7 ° 33' 49.8"  W.