The White Lady from Ballymacaw
The White Lady of Ballymacaw is about 2.0 meters tall, anthropomorphic plates menhir , which near the cliff on farmland between the bays of Rathmoylan and Ballymacaw at Dunmore East, in Town Country Ballymacaw ( Irish Baile Mhac Dháith ) in County Waterford in Ireland is .
The north-west-south-east oriented stone has always been popularly known as the “White Lady”, which indicates that it was painted or whitewashed white at some point in its history.
The stone resembles a tombstone, but it is uncertain whether this was done before or after it was erected. It is difficult to say what it represents. Whether it was used as a navigation mark for the local fishermen is open. However, the human appearance and the location by the sea suggest symbolic meaning.
The “White wife” menhir at Carnalridge in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland is painted white and the “Gray Wife” from Crotlieve in the Morne Mountains was whitewashed for Easter. A white woman appears in the mythologies of different cultures ( banshee ) of the world.
literature
- Kenneth McNally: Standing Stones and other monuments of early Ireland . Appletree, Belfast 1984, ISBN 0-86281-121-X .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 8 '15.9 " N , 7 ° 2' 45.9" W.