Knocknaneirk stone circles
The stone circles of Knocknaneirk 1 + 2 (also called North / Northeast and South / Southwest) are located in a wide valley on Hornhill in the townland of Knocknaneirk ( Irish Cnoc na nAdharc , "Hill of Horns") near Cookstown in County Cork in Ireland .
The northern of the two is a five gritty circuit (engl. Five-stone Circle ), the larger stones are about 1.6 meters high by about 5 m in diameter. A stone has bowls in the top and ax-shaped indentations that cannot be read on its flank. The altar-shaped "reclining figure" is about 1.5 m long and 1.1 m high.
The southern one is a multiple circle (also called Axial Stone Circle after Seán Ó Nualláin) which consists of seven preserved stones. Judging by the empty spaces, four stones are missing. The three stones on the west side have heights of 0.8 to 1 m. The two northeast stones are about 1.7 m high, the southeast stone is about 1.5 m high. The one who looks like the one lying down is 1.5 m high and 1.7 m wide and lies on the south-west side of the circle. The diameter of the circle is about 9 m.
Mark
The multiple circles are arranged symmetrically so that the so-called “axial” or “lying” stone is directly opposite two stones, which are usually the highest in the circle and mark an entrance. It is typical, but not consistent, that the height of the stones in a circle is reduced in the direction of the axial stone. It is constantly in the south-western sector.
literature
- Seán Ó Nualláin: Stone Circles in Ireland. Country House, Dublin 1995, ISBN 0-946172-45-5 p. 38
- Denis Power: Archaeological inventory of County Cork, Volume 3: Mid Cork, 6435 P10. ColorBooks, 1997, ISBN 0-7076-4933-1 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 5 " N , 8 ° 55 ′ 2" W.