The Drombeg stone circle (also known as The Druid's Altar), is a recumbent stone circle located on the edge of a rocky terrace with fine views to the sea about 2km east of Glandore, County Cork, Ireland. The most westerly stone (1.9m high) has two egg shaped cup-marks, one with a ring around it. It is flanked by a pair of high axial portal stones, which provide a south-west axis, and orientate the monument in the direction of the setting sun during the midwinter solstice.
The site was excavated and restored in 1958. During this process a pot was found in the center of the circle, containing the cremated remains of a young adolescent wrapped with thick cloth. Carbon dating of samples taken from the site suggest that it was active c. 945 - 830 BC.
A sacrificial plate in the center
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