What is recorded here

Eight stones of varying size mark an incomplete circle in the rock outcrop at Ballinrobe Demesne. They stretch from southwest to northeast, some barely knee high and others nearly two metres long, leaning across the ground like markers left behind in a hurry. The gap in the ring does not read as damage so much as invitation, as if the circle waited for one more stone or one more person to complete its shape.

In an area of rock outcrop. Circle incomplete; consisting of eight stones, SW to NE. Orthostats are 0.4m to 1.8m L, 0.2m to 0.69m T, 0.3m to 1m H. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 8. Date of upload: 5 December 2012

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the stone circle in Ballinrobe Demesne may have been used for ritual, astronomical, or communal purposes. Such circles often held significance in prehistoric societies for ceremonies, seasonal marking, or as territorial markers.

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