Carrigagrenane NE

Nearest town:
Rosscarbery (8km SE)
OS reference:
W2591543696
OS sheets:
86, 89
Latitude:
51° 38' 27.77 N
Longitude:
9° 4' 13.11 W
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Images

Image of Carrigagrenane NE (Stone Circle) by gjrk

Looking south from the riverbank to the remains of the circle.

Image credit: gjrk
gjrk
gjrk Sep 19, 2007
Image of Carrigagrenane NE (Stone Circle) by gjrk

The horizon line behind the axial is obscured by trees but may include Carrigfadda peak?

Image credit: gjrk
gjrk
gjrk Sep 19, 2007
Image of Carrigagrenane NE (Stone Circle) by gjrk

Axial from above showing pit in flat surface.

Image credit: gjrk
gjrk
gjrk Sep 19, 2007

Articles

Carrigagrenane NE

gjrk
gjrk Sep 20, 2007

The remains of this probable five stone circle (O’Nuallain PRIA 84C, 1984; 44) are situated at the eastern end of a marshy field which slopes down gently north to a noisy and intensely overgrown stream. The ground rises towards Carrigfadda to the southwest but a view to the horizon in this direction is obscured by a line of trees near the southern field boundary.

Two hip-height stones; the axial and its northern flanker are all that is left to immediate sight. O’Nuallain noticed a quartz boulder 1.7m and a stone 90cm at their maximum placed against the fence a few yards to the east. I could only find the quartz stone, and then only by its brilliance speckling through the earth and growth now covering it. I dusted it off somewhat for the photograph and then covered it up again.

The axial stone leans outwards considerably to the west but looks as if it originally presented a level, flat top, pitted in the centre. The flanker leans inwards to the south giving it a rather bulbous look, tapering to the bottom. Its shading and shape are very striking to the eye.

O’Nuallain grants the possibility that the two stones at the fence originally formed part of the monument and it certainly would not be unusual for the coincidence of a sizeable quartz block with a stone circle in this area. Its dimensions are apparently in excess of the wonderful conglomerate in Lettergorman and I would have loved to have seen more than the foot-size patch I scratched open.

The site can be approached with courage or recklessness through the marsh, brambles, water traps, sheer drops and wire fences from the road to the east but may be better attempted from the Carrigfadda side.

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