Carrigaphooca Stone Circle

Carrigaphooca Stone Circle is a stone circle and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.[2][3][4]

Carrigaphooca Stone Circle
Native name
Irish: Liagchiorcal Charraig an Phúca
Location of Carrigaphooca Stone Circle in Ireland
Typestone circle
LocationCarrigaphooca, Clondrohid,
County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates51.909598°N 9.024990°W / 51.909598; -9.024990
Elevation80 m (260 ft)
Built1700–800 BC
Official nameCarrigaphooca Stone Circle[1]
Reference no.255

Location

Carrigaphooca Stone Circle is situated 4.4 km (2.7 mi) west of Macroom, immediately east of Carrigaphooca Castle, north of the N22, and near the confluence of the River Sullane and River Foherish.[5][6]

History

Stone circles of this type were erected in Ireland in the middle/late Bronze Age (c. 1700–800 BC)

The name means "Stone of the púca."[7]

Description

There were five stones: four standing and one inclined, but now only three remain. The circle's diameter was about 5.5 m (18 ft).[8][9][10]

References
  1. https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-cork.pdf
  2. Map, The Megalithic Portal and Megalith. "Carrigaphooca". The Megalithic Portal.
  3. Burl, Aubrey (13 July 1995). A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press – via Internet Archive. Carrigaphooca Stone Circle.
  4. Cope, Julian (13 July 1998). The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites. Thorsons. ISBN 9780722535998 – via Google Books.
  5. PIP. "CARRIGAPHOOCA STONE CIRCLE/MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS OF IRELAND.COM". www.megalithicmonumentsofireland.com.
  6. "Bypass 'travesty' at the fairytale castle". 13 July 2006.
  7. "Carrigaphooca". www.themodernantiquarian.com.
  8. http://www.corkrdo.ie/files/n22-cpo/eis/Volume%204B.pdf%5B%5D
  9. "Full text of "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland"". archive.org.
  10. Power, Denis (13 July 1992). Archaeological Inventory of County Cork: West Cork. Stationery Office. ISBN 9780707601755 – via Google Books.
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