Beenalaght stone row
The Bronze Age stone row of Beenalaght (also An Seisear , Irish for "the six men", English called The Six or Thesure ) stands on the hill Reanthesure in the townland of Beenalaght (Irish Binn na Leacht , "crest of the burial mound") at Mallow-Coachford Road, west of Bweeng, southwest of Mallow in County Cork in Ireland . It is one of about 80 rows, made up of three to six stones in the south west of Ireland.
The approximately 11.1 m long row of stones consists of six 1.8 to 2.9 m high stones, one of which has fallen over. The tallest stones are at the ends.
Nearby is the stone circle of Gowlane North .
See also
literature
- Kenneth McNally: Ireland's Ancient Stones (Belfast: Appletree Press 2006). ISBN 0-86281-996-2
- Kenneth McNally: Standing Stones and other Monuments of early Ireland. Appletree Press, Belfast 1984, ISBN 0-86281-121-X .
- Clive LN Ruggles: The Stone Rows of South-west Ireland: A First Reconnaissance. In: Journal for the History of Astronomy. Vol. 25, Archaeoastronomy Supplement. No. 19, 1994, pp. S1-S20, doi : 10.1177 / 002182869402501902 .
- John P. Condon: Rude Stone Monuments of the Northern Portion of Cork County. In: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Vol. 46, Part 2 = Series 6, Vol. 6, 1916, pp. 136-162, here pp. 145 f. ( Digitized version )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ historical Ordnance Survey map ( online )
Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 9.6 ″ N , 8 ° 45 ′ 2.5 ″ W.