Suspected Alignment / Alignments: Summer Solstice Sun-rise
Site Type: Stone Row
Irish Grid Ref: Q5126812817
Location: Link to Bing Maps
Description:
This stone row is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"A stone alignment situated on the lower E slopes of Brandon mountain, commanding an extensive view across Brandon Bay towards the central mountain ridge that forms the backbone of the Dingle Peninsula. Three stones, standing in a WSW-ENE line, are orientated on the rising sun at the summer solstice (Lynch 1981b, 26); 2 others lie prostrate and partly buried 2.15m and c. 6.3m to W. These latter had already fallen by the early 19th century as, though 5 stones are shown on the 1st edition of the OS map, only the 3 standing stones are described in the OSNB (Cloghane, 25). Positioned 1.6m and 1.7m apart, the stones stand 2.75m, 2.14m and 2.1m high, the decrease in height from E-W being accentuated by a gentle drop in ground level in the same direction. The 4th prostrate slab measures 1.9m x 1.7m; the 5th, partly buried and obscured by vegetation, measures 2.35m x at least 1.55m, and is not noted in any previous accounts. Macalister (1945, 170) appears to be correct in dismissing Ferguson's account (1887, 48-9) of indecipherable ogham scores on the 2nd stone."
This alignment was first proposed by Lynch as per the archaeology.ie description above. Unfortunately I understand that access is restricted to this site by the landowners. As such photos of it on the internet are hard to come by and I have only been able to find one.
Links to photographs;
Picture of Cloonsharragh Stone Row on redbubble by Stefan Schnebelt
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