Since the stones are so close together couldn't help the feeling this wasn't a stone circle but the kerb of a former, truly massive mound? Maybe that's how the idea of 'circles started out; retaining former elements in later stuff for some continuity?
Interesting article, interesting site, bit far North for you, you'll be crossing the border next! Yet another reason for me to take the pills and just get on that ferry.
3 hour drive up and back for a meeting in Letterkenny, couldn't resist. I've done some exploring in the six counties, but tend to not get as grubby over the border, unless it's in the wild, no-man's land, so to speak.
Since the stones are so close together couldn't help the feeling this wasn't a stone circle but the kerb of a former, truly massive mound? Maybe that's how the idea of 'circles started out; retaining former elements in later stuff for some continuity?
The rubble in the interior would tend to back that theory up. More here: voicesfromthedawn.com/beltany-stone-circle/
Interesting article, interesting site, bit far North for you, you'll be crossing the border next! Yet another reason for me to take the pills and just get on that ferry.
3 hour drive up and back for a meeting in Letterkenny, couldn't resist. I've done some exploring in the six counties, but tend to not get as grubby over the border, unless it's in the wild, no-man's land, so to speak.