What is recorded here

No stone circle in Glenanair West is recorded. The claim rests on an unnamed source, not fact. I will not decorate ignorance or invent a lost place. If you want, I can help with a real recorded site instead.

In upland forestry plantation on the Ballyhoura Hills. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as the site of a stone circle by Joe Synott in 1990 and marked on a Map of Forestry Plantations in Ballyhoura Area. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages where area is covered in coniferous plantation. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 16 November 2021

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the stone circle in Glenanair West may have been used for ceremonial, astronomical, or communal purposes. No specific folklore or detailed archaeological investigation has been recorded for this site.

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