Kealkill Stone Circle
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The stone circle of Kealkill is located in the townland of Kealkill ( Irish An Chaolchoill - German "the narrow forest" ) near the place of the same name, on the R584, above Bantry Bay in County Cork in Ireland . It is one of 55 typical Southwest Ireland five stone (Five Stone or Axial Stone Circle) stone circles of the Cork-Kerry series , which are common in the region.
- The circle of Kealkill consists of a ring of five medium-sized, individually standing stones. This grouping is called “radial stone cairns”. In the interior of the circle, cross-shaped thresholds were found that supported a post or a stone. Kealkill is one of the few excavated stone circles.
- The circle includes two menhirs set up nearby , one of which has a residual height of over four meters. Originally it was over six meters high. Like most of the standing menhirs ( English outlier ), they lie on the north-east-south-west axis, to which the circle with its "axial stone" and the portal is also aligned.
- Kealkill Stone Circle
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- Next to the two menhirs is a small cairn , in which there is a circle of small, upright stones that are arranged radially, that is, with their longitudinal axes directed radially outwards and called "radial stone cairns" (only 14 preserved) because the stones point with their narrow side towards the center.
Nearby are the Breeny More Stone Circle and the Illane Stone Circle .
literature
- Peter Harbison : Guide to the National Monuments in the Republic of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1992, ISBN 0-7171-1956-4 , p. 56
- 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 .
Web links
- Description in English and sketch (last accessed on August 26, 2014)
- Description in English and picture
Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 39.8 " N , 9 ° 22 ′ 14.4" W.