Breeny More

Nearest town:
Bantry (8km SW)
OS reference:
W050552
OS sheet:
85
Latitude:
51° 44' 28.6 N
Longitude:
9° 22' 31.86 W
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Images

Image of Breeny More (Stone Circle) by Nucleus

The four massive boulder buriels
Visited May 2009

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2009
Nucleus
Nucleus Oct 31, 2017
Image of Breeny More (Stone Circle) by Nucleus

The four massive boulder buriels
Visited May 2009

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2009
Nucleus
Nucleus Oct 31, 2017

Articles

Breeny More

tjj
tjj May 22, 2012

Visited 14/5/2012

After visiting Kealkil we walked down the lane, then turning left walked back uphill to find Breeny More. Views even more spectacular than Kealkil. Breeny More is not signposted and, as we were unable to open the gate, we climbed over.

Again I quote from Jack Robert’s “Exploring West Cork”:
“This was once the largest stone circle in West Cork and its quadrant of cromlechs at the centre formed probably one of prehistoric mans’ most important structures. Unfortunately the destruction of this monument has left few of its original stones intact and the destruction continues into the present day. Even the sign erected at the site which establishes it as one of the few protected monuments of the area has been torn from the ground and is heaped up with some stones that originally formed part of the circle.

At present only three of the circle of stones are in their original positions. These may have been the ‘portal’ stones if it was in fact a ‘recumbent stone circle’. Fortunately the enclosure and its cromlechs have yet to be invaded and these, the most curious aspect of the site, are set in an offset square formation and are facing the south west. A complex site of this nature could possibly have been valuable in the search for clues to the original purpose and use of these types of monuments, had it been handed down to us in good order. In its present condition it is possible that its original meaning has been totally destroyed and so we might never know what our ancestors were trying to achieve by building this puzzling structure.”

“Exploring West Cork” was first published in in 1986, the revised and edited edition was republished by Bandia Publishing in 2009.

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ocifant
ocifant Jul 7, 2003

I could only get the barest glimpse of these stones. The cows I saw weren’t as friendly as the ones in the pictures here, and had horns. Bullocks!

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Simon E Nov 29, 2002

Go up a steep, winding lane from the village of Kealkil. We parked outside a bend where it reaches the top of the hill. you have to walk across a field and climb over a low fence but we encountered no problems.

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IronMan
IronMan Apr 17, 2002

A wrecked circle – worth the visit when visiting Kealkil which lies just a 1/4 mile away to the NE. The portals and the recumbent are still standing, so it is possible to get a fair idea of how this site must have once been. The view is awesome. The ring also contains a rectangle of four boulder-burials.

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