Sunday, November 9, 2008

The Castleruddery Embanked Stone Circle


We spotted a sign to this site on the way from Glendalough to Lismore. This site belongs to one of the rarest ceremonial monument types in Ireland. Sites of this type were being constructed in about 2500 BC, in the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Period. The earthen bank, 30 m. in diameter, is lined on the interior with 29 upright stones. The entrance is flanked by two massive quartz boulders.

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