Commons East stone circle
The stone circle of Commons East (also known as Reyndrumadda after the area , Irish Réidh an Droma Fhada ) is located in the raised bog on the western slope of a gentle hill between Brogue and Woodland, east of the R351, in the west of the townlands Commons East ( Irish An Coimín Thoir ) in southeast County Galway in Ireland .
The complete stone circle of the Cork-Kerry series consists of two approximately 0.8 and 0.5 m high entrance stones on the southeast side of the circle and a recumbent quartz altar stone on the northwest side. Between the entrance and the altar stone there are two approximately 0.35 m high orthostats on each side . The small seven- stone stone circle has a diameter of about 11.0 m and is about 3200 years old.
literature
- Seán ó Nualláin: Stone Circles in Ireland. Country House, Dublin 1995, ISBN 0946172455 .
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Coordinates: 53 ° 3 ′ 58.6 " N , 8 ° 25 ′ 20.5" W.