Shantemon stone row
The stone series of Shantemon (Engl. Shantemon Stone Row - even Finn McCool 's finger called) is located about 3.7 kilometers from Ballyhaise on the north side of the Shantemon Hill, in County Cavan in Ireland . The row of stones lies on a small plateau in a deforested conifer plantation about 180 meters high not far from the top of the hill.
The 16 m long Shantemon row, consisting of five stones, lies on a north-east-south-west axis. The row consists of four large massive menhirs , the largest being almost two meters high, and a fallen, smaller boulder at the northeast end.
The name Finn Mc Cool's Fingers also bears the also called Derryiver, consisting of six stones, stone row near Tully in Connemara in County Galway .
See also
literature
- Kennet McNally: Standing Stones and other Monuments of early Ireland . Appletree Press, Belfast 1984. ISBN 0-86281-121-X
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Coordinates: 54 ° 1 ′ 3.2 ″ N , 7 ° 17 ′ 28.9 ″ W.