Line of stones by Lissanover

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The three-stone, northwest-southeast oriented stone row of Lissanover (also Lisanover or Lisnova, Irish Lios an Uabhair , German "ring fort of pride") is located on the southeast slope of a Drumlin , northwest of the intersection at Killycluggin, southwest of Ballyconnel in County Cavan in Ireland .

description

The stones in the stone row have the following dimensions:

  • The southeast stone is 2.1 m high, 1.2 m wide and 0.64 m thick.
  • The northwest stone is 1.55 m high, 0.95 m wide and 0.7 m thick.
  • The third, fallen stone is 1.95 m long, 1.55 m wide and 0.43 m thick and leans against the northwest stone. Its discoloration suggests that it used to be at least halfway down the ground.

Lissanover is also known for the Lunala found in 1909 . The gold collar was found in an old quarry on the edge of Cor Bog.

Near the stands menhir of Lissa over.

See also

literature

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lissanover Standing Stone. Megalithic Monuments of Ireland (English, with illustration).

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Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′ 41.7 ″  N , 7 ° 38 ′ 24.3 ″  W.