Robinstown Great

Robinstown Great ( Irish Baile Roibín Mór ) is a four-post or sky stone circle marked on cards with "Standing Stones" in the townland of the same name near Clonroche and Old Ross in County Wexford in Ireland .

The stone circle is far from where these monuments are found in northern England and Scotland. They are rare in Ireland. Of the six other examples identified so far in Ireland, four are in West Cork, one in southwest Kerry and one in County Wexford. Although an exact date is lacking, it is likely that they date from the Bronze Age. The tallest stone is about 1.7 m high. The western stones are 1.6 m high and the shortest stone is 1.1 m high. The rectangle they form measures about 5 × 4 m. To the north are two other smaller stones as outliers ( English outlier ) are to be defined.

literature

• Aubrey Burl: Four-posters: Bronze Age stone circles of Western Europe. BAR, Oxford 1988, pp. 66-67.

Web links

• Description and pictures at megalithic.co.uk
• Description and pictures at megalithicmonumentsofireland.com
• Description (English) and pictures (incorrect location description)

Coordinates: 52 ° 24 ′ 26.8 "  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 35.5"  W.