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Stone circle in Ballyfoyle

Stone circle
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Situated on a gentle W-facing slope within a cleared area to the E of the forest track. Five boulders form a circle (dims. 5.5m E-W; 6m N-S), with the two tallest at the NW while the remaining stones descend in height to the lowest, which lies perpendicular to the symmetrical axis of the circle and appears to represent a recumbent.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI005-005

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kilbride GAA club; individual photographer not named, www.kilbridegaa.com
  • Hamish Bain, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Guinevere's Garden; photographer not stated, Guinevere's Garden
  • Robert Bone, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5
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