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Stone Circle in Lohart

Stone circle, multiple-stone
Stone Circle in Lohart
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In the garden of a house, to the N of the Kenmare-Castletownbere road and c. 9.5km SW of Kenmare. In 1841 this stone circle was described as 'a circle of standing stones with a small cromlech [KE101-007002-] in the centre. The circle is thirty-five feet, six inches [10.82m] in diameter and composed of twelve standing…

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In the garden of a house, to the N of the Kenmare-Castletownbere road and c. 9.5km SW of Kenmare. In 1841 this stone circle was described as 'a circle of standing stones with a small cromlech [KE101-007002-] in the centre. The circle is thirty-five feet, six inches [10.82m] in diameter and composed of twelve standing stones, each being from four feet to five feet ten inches [1.21m-1.77m] in height, three feet [0.91m] wide and two feet [0.6m] thick' (OSL, 176). According to Ó Nualláin (1984a, 28, no. 44), the stone circle was in a ruinous condition for many years and was reconstructed c. 1964 and most likely now bears little resemblance to its original form. It now consists of a U-shaped arrangement of loosely set upright stones with a possible boulder-burial (KE101-007002-) in the centre. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE101-007001

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  • Robotforaday at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irelandtravelkit.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Templenoe GAA Club official website; individual photographer not named, www.templenoegaa.ie
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Angela Herlihy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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