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tiompan Aug 1, 2008 14:15:05
Replying to bawn79

bawn79 wrote:
Anyone ever hear of it?
It is meant to be a 19m diameter submerged henge. This is according to Uriels Machine which I am reading at the moment. (Puts it east of Tralee in Kerry)
Checked archaeology.ie and there are about 5 enclosures to the east of Tralee that could be it.
Anyone with more info? they note Archaeology Ireland vol 12 no.6 issue 46, winter 1998 as its source.
Hi Bawn , I've just ahd a read of the article , it's by Michael Connolly and Tom Condit , it is mostly concerned with a possible "water cult" associated with ten hengiforms in the Lee Valley . There are two enclosures east of Tralee , at Ballingowan ,one , 63 m in diameter floods to a depth of over 1m most of the year . There is no mention of a 19m diameter henge or astronomy . The henge closest to Tralee is at the junction of two tributaries of the Lee whilst the other , 1.5 Km furhter east is just to south of one of the above tributaries . Hope that helps .

F fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Aug 1, 2008 18:13:20
Replying to tiompan

Probably nowt to do with owt but I once discovered an unrecorded single entrance henge in Mallerstang. It was on the valley floor close to the River Ure. The Ground was pretty waterlogged, the platform was extremely circular, the ditch was waterlogged and had a slight raised bank on the outside. The henge measured about 25 feet across.
As you can imagine I got quite excited about the whole thing, lots of running around, sketching and pacing. It wasn't until I stood back and had a good look at the landscape that I realised that what I'd actually discovered was an ox bow. The sheep got to hear a few words that you don't hear in church..
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