Carrigaphooca Stone Circle
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Carrigaphooca Stone Circle is a stone circle in County Cork,[1][2]
The circle has been declared a National Monument. Its name means 'Stone of the púca' ('fairy')."[3]
The Circle is to be found two and a half miles west of Macroom, immediately east of Carrigaphooca Castle, north of the N22, and near the confluence of the River Sullane and River Foherish.[4]
Description
- Location: 51°54’35"N, 9°1’30"W
There were five stones: four standing and one inclined, but now only three remain. The circle's diameter was about 18 feet.[5]
References
- ↑ Megalithic Portal: Carrigaphooca
- ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=PbNgQgAACAAJ&q=%22Carrigaphooca+Stone+Circle%22.
- ↑ "Carrigaphooca". http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/14295/carrigaphooca.html#fieldnotes.
- ↑ Carrigaphooca Stone Circle: Megalithic Monuments of Ireland
- ↑ Power, Denis (13 July 1992). Archaeological Inventory of County Cork: West Cork. Stationery Office. ISBN 9780707601755. https://books.google.com/books?id=NVuDQgAACAAJ&q=%22Carrigaphooca+Stone+Circle%22.
