Ireland

Kealkill stone circle

Bronze Age axial five‑stone circle, County Cork

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Kealkill stone circle is a Bronze Age axial five-stone circle located just outside the village of Kealkill, County Cork in southwest Ireland. When it was excavated in 1938 it was thought the crucial axial stone indicated an alignment to the north, contrary to the general alignment of such stone circles to the southwest. However, later archaeologists have thought it is the comparatively insignificant stone to the southwest that is the axial stone. There are two associated standing stones nearby, one of which had fallen and was re-erected in 1938.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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Terminology coined

1909

Excavation and re‑erection

1938

Ó Nualláin classification

1975

Axial stone re‑identification

1984

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Burial and Funerary Structures

Ring cairnKerb stones
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Religious and Ritual Structures

Stone circleMenhirsPortal stonesAxial stone
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Ireland

Coordinates

51.74° N, -9.37° E