Row of stones from Eightercua

Eightercua on the Ring of Kerry

The stone row of Eightercua ( Irish Sraith Ghalláin Íochtar Cua ) is on the Iveragh Peninsula on the road that leads from Waterville to the south and is known as a section of the Ring of Kerry in County Kerry in Ireland . The alignment is dated to 1700 BC. Dated.

The four stones stand in a row about nine meters long and reach heights of up to three meters. The series appears to have been the remainder of a complex structure. There are traces of an adjacent megalithic complex .

About 50 rows of stones are known in Cork and Kerry Counties . They were often built in elevated places. The number of stones varies, but is generally between three and six. Rows of stones in Ulster often appear in connection with stone circles and contain more, but considerably smaller stones than those in Munster .

Legend

According to local tradition, Eightercua is the burial place of Scéine , wife of Amergin , head of the Milesians . The period of their mythological arrival in Ireland given in the Lebor Gabála Érenn coincidentally corresponds roughly to the period when the stone row was created.

See also

• Rows of stones in Ireland

literature

• Kennet McNally: Standing Stones and other Monuments of early Ireland . Appletree Press, Belfast 1984. ISBN 0-86281-121-X

Web links

• Description English - (last accessed on December 10, 2012)

Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 53.7 "  N , 10 ° 9 ′ 29.1"  W.