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A large axial-stone circle, recently restored, standing on a breezy hill-top within a mile of the coast. Of its original thirteen stones nine remain; three of these were re-erected during excavation of the site in 1959.
The diameter of the ring is slightly less than 30 feet and the axis runs east to west through the radially set portal stones to the 'recumbent' or axial stone, resulting in an approximate alignment on the equinoctial sunset.
Several of the orthostats on the east side of the circle are distinctly megalithic, and the matched portals exceed 7 feet in height, possibly the tallest pair of any Irish circle. This splendid monument is threatened by encroaching gorse.
A short distance to the east of the circle is a boulder-dolmen with a cup-marked capstone resting on low sandstone and quartz supports.<
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The association of boulder-dolmens (or boulder-burials) and stone circles is known elsewhere, notably in the adjoining county of Kerry where they are usually placed at the centre of the ring.
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