Illane stone circle
The Illane stone circle is located in the eponymous townland ( Irish An tOileán , "the island"), north of Kealkill in County Cork in Ireland . It is a well-preserved five-stone-circle ( English Five Stone Circle ).
The 55 five-stone circles of Ireland consist of a ring or a D-shaped arrangement of rarely more than medium-sized, individually standing stones, the number of which is five (e.g. Carrigagulla , Cullomane, Derreenataggart , Glanbrack, Kealkill , Knocknakilla , Knocknaneirk Nord , Lettergorman SW or Uragh ). Their diameter varies between 2.3 and 5.0 meters.
To the east is a cairn made of fairly large stones, the outer ones giving the impression that there might have been a second circle here. Next to the cairn is a menhir ( English standing stone ) about one meter high .
Nearby is the Kealkill Stone Circle .
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: 51 ° 46 ′ 49.2 " N , 9 ° 22 ′ 59.5" W.