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Stone circle in Tornant Upper

Stone circle
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National Monument in state ownership No. 531. Listed as a 'stone circle' in the SMR (1986) and as a possible 'stone circle' in the RMP (1995). On the saddle of a rocky E-W ridge with a marked slope to the S. A scatter of mainly split quartz boulders to the NE of enclosure (WI015-038----) which may be part of a displaced revetment. One of the boulder fragments has a curved groove (Wth 0.02m; D 0.01m) on its flat upper surface. Price (1934, 38-39) mentions that the 'circle' had a diameter of 'about 120 feet' (c. 36.5m) and was formed by twelve stones nearly all broken by blasting. A single large stone ocurs to the SW (of WI015-038----). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 21 December 2012 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 150/1940).

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