Menhirs of Ballybricken
The five menhirs of Ballybricken are in the townlands of Ballybricken East and West ( Irish Baile Uí Bhricín Thoir or Thiar ) southeast of Limerick in County Limerick in Ireland .
Ballybricken West 1
The very small menhir ( English standing stone ) is located behind a church next to the driveway of a multi-storey house. It measures only 0.80 m in height, 0.35 m in width and is 0.15 m thick. It could have been bigger in the past. There appears to be a fracture surface on top of the stone.
Ballybricken West 2
The stone is 1.35 m high, 1.2 m wide and 0.35 m deep. It is one of two menhirs that are located in a field north of the menhir of Ballybricken Ost. It looks more like the orthostat of a megalithic complex than that of a menhir and the area surrounding it appears to be the rest of a cairn .
Ballybricken West 3
About 30 m north of West 2, there is an unusually shaped stone in the same field. It is slightly inclined and may originally have had an association with the nearby Cairn. It is 1.2 m high, 0.50 m wide and 0.35 m thick.
Ballybricken West 4
West 4 is north of West 2 and 3, next to the road. It is a slender menhir in the middle of a swampy field near a large hill. It is 1.65 m high, 0.4 m wide and 0.28 m thick.
Ballybricken East
The oddly shaped stone stands next to the Ballybricken dairy, about 10 meters from the roadside. It is rectangular in shape, with the last quarter bending sharply. It is 1.45 m high, 0.24 m wide and 0.16 m thick.
See also
Web links
- Description Stein West 1 engl. and picture
- Description Stein West 2 engl. and picture
- Description Stein West 3 engl. and picture
- Description Stein West 4 engl. and picture
- Description Stein East engl. and picture