Dromagorteen stone circle
| Dromagorteen stone circle Drom to Ghoirtín, the Judge and Jury | |||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 49 '50.8 " N , 9 ° 30' 39" W | ||
| region | Kerry , Munster , Ireland | ||
The stone circle of Dromagorteen ( Irish Drom an Ghoirtín , also "the Judge and Jury" - ( German "the judge and the jury" ) called) is located on a southwest slope in the "Bonane Heritage Park", east of the N71 road, southeast of Kenmare im County Kerry in Ireland . One of the most striking features is the view of the valley from the stone circle.
In contrast to other stone circles of the Cork-Kerry series , like the nearby stone circle of Kenmare, it has a boulder burial in the center . Boulder Burials are a variety of stone boxes ( English cist ) and a late development in megalithic construction on the island. Stone circles with boulder burials are considered to be Bronze Age .
The stone circle of Dromagorteen is about ten meters in diameter. Six of its 13 stones are upright. The stones are between 0.8 and 1.4 m high and between 0.75 and 1.6 m wide. One of the two entrance stones is the largest in the circle with a height of 1.4 m, the other, a quartz-veined boulder, has fallen over. The axially opposite stone is the lowest. It is 0.8 m high and 1.6 m wide.
The 1.6 m long and wide and one meter thick boulder rests on three supporting stones, one of which is lined.
In the Bonane Heritage Park, along the two-kilometer-long footpath, apart from the stone circle: a ráth , a porthole and a burnt mound .
literature
- William O'Brien: Local Worlds: Upland Farming and Early Settlement Landscapes in Southwest Ireland. The Collins Press; Cork 2009 ISBN 978-1-84889-021-3
Web links
- Image (last accessed December 10, 2012)
- Images (last accessed on December 10, 2012)
- Images (last accessed on December 10, 2012)
- The porthole
- Description and location