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Stone Circle — Carrigagulla

Stone circle — multiple-stone

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Likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the stone circle at Carrigagulla may have functioned as a ceremonial or astronomical site, with its axial and radial stones possibly aligning with solstices or local landscape features. Such circles often held ritual significance, reflecting early agricultural or seasonal cycles.

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On level patch in gently sloping pasture, on W side of Laney River basin. Circle incomplete; may have consisted of seventeen stones. Fifteen stones survive, including axial and radially-set entrance stones. Orthostats are 0.6m to 1.7m L, 0.25m to 0.4m T and 0.4m to 0.9m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned ENE-WSW, is 7.8m. Internal block (H 0.4m; 0.9m x 0.6m) stands on main axis of circle. Five-stone circle (CO049-007----) stands c. 380m to NNE. (O Nualláin 1984a, 12, no. 4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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