Uragh Southwest Stone Circle
The stone circle of Uragh Southwest is on the Beara Peninsula west of Loch Inchiquin (lake) in the townland of Uragh ( Irish An Iúrach ) in County Kerry in Ireland .
There are 187 stone circles in the Republic of Ireland . The majority is in County Cork , with 103 counties . 20 counties are in County Kerry and 11 in County Mayo . The stone circle is a typical multiple or axial stone circle (ASC) of the Cork-Kerry series for the southwest of the island . 11 stones stand on an oval of about 11.0 × 8.6 m. In the middle there is a boulder burial . There are two bright quartz stones in the south and one in the ring. Nearby is the Uragh North stone circle .
The 52 so-called multiple stone circles (not the concentric ones ) in the south-west of Ireland sometimes deviate slightly in shape towards the oval, but the number of their stones (7 to 19) mostly remains uneven. Their diameter varies between four and 17 m.
literature
- Seán Ó Nualláin: Stone Circles in Ireland. Country House, Dublin 1995. ISBN 0946172455
Web links
- Description (English)