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Stone Circle in Dunbeacon

Stone circle, multiple-stone
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On W shoulder of Mount Corrin, near inner S end of Dunmanus Bay. Circle incomplete; six erect and five prostrate stones indicate circle of eleven stones. Orthostats are 0.8m to 1.3m L, 0.15m to 0.5m T and 1.6m to 1.9m H. Internal diameter of circle is c. 8m. At centre of circle, standing stone (H 1.1m; 1.7m x 0.3m) leans heavily to S. (O Nualláin 1984, 22, no. 32; Roberts 1988, Ch. 4, no. 50).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO130-030

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  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Billinger, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kondephy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dr Brian Lynch, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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