Stone circle

The National Monuments Service's description

On a gentle NW-facing slope in undulating pasture. A subcircular area (c. 28m NW-SE; c. 24.9m NE-SW) defined by nine glacial erratics: two are upright, four are recumbent but were probably originally in an upright position, and three consist of large irregularly shaped boulders. The uprights are at WSW (H 1.36m) and NW (H 1.55m). The recumbent stones are at NE (L 2.3m), SSE (L 2.2m), S (L 2.5m) and WNW (L c. 2.2m). The stone at WNW is broken into two unequal pieces. The remaining three boulders are at ENE (one) and SE (two). At NNW is a spread of small and medium-sized stones (5.7m x 4.2m). Two low erratics were noted c. 5.7m and c. 19m to the SE of the monument. (ITA Survey 1944; Ó Nualláin 1975, 111; O'Donovan 2003, 20; Moore 2007, No. 5)

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 22 November 2012

See attached plan and elevation of the monument (LF011-016----_01.pdf) and an aerial photograph (LF011-016----_01.jpg).

References

Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).

O'Donovan, P. (ed.) 2003 Antiquities of the Granard area. Longford. Granard Area Action Group.

Moore, S. 2007 Archaeological monuments in County Longford. Longford. Longford County Council.

Ó Nualláin, S. 1975 The stone circle complex of Cork and Kerry. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 105, 83-131.