Garrane Stone Row

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The row of stones from Garrane consists of four menhirs in the townland Garrane ( Irish An Garrán ) northwest of Bweeng near Mallow in County Cork in Ireland . It is one of the 26 most important stone rows in Ireland, seven of which are in County Cork.

The 7.6 m long northeast-southwest oriented row of stones stands in the valley of Duvglasha on the northeast slope of Bweengduff Mountain.

  • The northeast stone is 4.2 m high, 1.1 m wide and 0.45 m thick.
  • The second stone, about 1.2 m from the last, is 3.25 m long, 1.2 m wide and 0.7 m thick; but now fallen over.
  • The third stone, about 2.0 m away from the last, is 3.7 m high, 1.5 m wide and 0.3 m thick.
  • The fourth stone, about 4.1 m from the last, is 3.65 m high, 0.7 m wide and 0.3 m thick.

The stone pair

The Garrane stone pair are located at the base of Knockavrogeen, about four hundred yards west of the Milltown river.

  • The standing stone is about 3.0 m high, 1.8 m wide at the base and tapers towards the top.
  • The fallen stone is 1.5 meters away. It is 2.48 m long, 1.16 m wide at the base and tapers slightly towards the top.

About 500 m south, in Knockavrogeen East, there is a similar pair of stones.

Dating

The row of stones discovered in 2004 on Cut Hill in north Dartmoor in Devon , England, is the first to be dated. The peat under stone 1 was calibrated to 3700-3540 BC using the radiocarbon method. The peat above it is calibrated to 2476–2245 BC. Chr.

See also

literature

  • Seán Ó. Nualláin: Stone Rows in the South of Ireland In: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archeology, Culture, History, Literature

88C: 179-256 (1988)

  • 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 .
  • 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 .

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Coordinates: 52 ° 4  '10.9 " N , 8 ° 45' 38.9"  W.