Row of stones from Gurranes

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Aerial view

The row of stones from Gurranes (also called "Three Fingers") is on a hill near the road from Castletownshend to Skibbereen in the townland of Gurranes ( Irish na Garráin , German  the groves ) in County Cork in Ireland .

Row of stones from Gurranes

The row of stones , consisting of three unusually slender stone pillars towering around 4.2 m high, originally had five stones. The stump of the broken fourth stone can still be seen nearby. A fifth stone was moved to another location.

Visible nearby is Knockdrum Fort and about eight kilometers away is the stone circle of Drombeg .

See also

literature

  • Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Volume 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .

Web links

Commons : Gurranes Stone Row  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 51 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 26.4 ″  W.