Ballybrack 1
Image by ryaner
Ballybrack

Possible Spiral

StoneLifter S
StoneLifter May 22, 2006 14:38:53
Replying to FourWinds

It's a lovely kind of stone - you can make out a faint spiral but . I've never seen one of these monument types, unless from a bus perhaps, in Wales, once.

F FourWinds
FourWinds May 22, 2006 14:43:44
Replying to StoneLifter

It is a nice stone. Obviously widely used around Dublin.

This picture nicely shows a good example of a quartz seam:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/46370

This picture shows the way that the portal stone is 'veneered' with a layer of quartz:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/46371

Presumably the boulder was purposely split along a seam to do this. Several other monuments in the area use this feature.

© 2026 Head Heritage.

Unless otherwise stated, the copyright in each work is the property of the respective contributor. For usage or questions, contact [email protected].