Castleruddery Stone Circle View all content for Castleruddery

Visited 25.5.11 Just down the road from Athgreany and equally worth a visit. You can park next to the field where the stone circle is and it is only a short, flat walk. (The circle is visible from the road) As with nearly every site I have visited in Ireland I had the place to myself (Newgrange excepted of course!) There is an information board, brand new wooden stile and fencing which takes you to the circle. The grass was knee high and there were lots of bluebells about which helped compensate for the wind and rain. The bank around the circle is about 0.5 metres high and the tallest stone about 2 metres high. The stone which (to me anyway) was the most interesting was the one with 5 grooves cut into it. I assume this was to split the stone as there is another stone just outside the circle with 7 grooves cut into it which has clearly split that stone. The cut forms an arc in the stone. There as a jumble of 5 large fallen stones in the centre of the circle.

Posted by CARL 16th June 2011ce

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