Breeny More Stone Circle
Breeny More Stone Circle is an axial stone circle in County Cork,
The circle is to be fund half a mile south-east of Kealkill, overlooking Bantry Bay to the west. Another stone circle stands about 200 yards to the north-east.[1][2]
The name of the circle is from the Irish brúine móra, meaning 'great dwellings of the fairies'.[3][4]
Description
- Location map: 51°44’32"N, 9°22’30"W
This is a stone circle with four boulder burials. The circle has two entrance stones and an axial stone, with a main axis measuring 46 feet. It has a south-east to north-west axis, facing the rising sun.[5][6]
A "boulder burial" is a single large boulder sitting on three or four support stones; the term was coined by Seán Ó Nualláin in the 1970s. They are generally found in the south-west, and associated with standing stones and stone circles; some dispute that there were ever burial sites, as no human remains have ever been recovered.
References
- ↑ "Breeny More". http://www.irishstones.org/place.aspx?p=668.
- ↑ "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Celtic studies, history, linguistics and literature". Royal Irish Academy.. 12 July 1984. https://books.google.com/books?id=nkwOAQAAMAAJ&q=%22breeny+more%22.
- ↑ "Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): bruíon". http://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/bru%C3%ADon.
- ↑ Mould, Daphne D. C. Pochin (12 July 1991). Discovering Cork. Brandon. ISBN 9780863221293. https://books.google.com/books?id=VplnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22breeny+more%22.
- ↑ Wilson, Mike. "Breeny More Stone Circle & Boulder-Burials ~ mega-what.com Ancient Sacred Places". http://www.mega-what.com/SiteCat/BreenyMore/index.html.
- ↑ Breeny More Stone Circle: Megalithic Monuments of Ireland]
- Breeny More (Cork):: Stone Circle: Megalithomania
- Breeny More Stone Circle & boulder burials: National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship – Cork
- Breeny Mor, stone circle - Sheep's Head Places
