Carrigaphooca Stone Circle Explained

Carrigaphooca Stone Circle
Native Name:Liagchiorcal Charraig an Phúca
Native Language:ga
Elevation:80m (260feet)
Coordinates:51.9096°N -9.025°W
Location:Carrigaphooca, Clondrohid,
County Cork, Ireland
Built:1700–800 BC
Type:stone circle
Designation1:National Monument of Ireland
Designation1 Offname:Carrigaphooca[1]
Designation1 Number:255

Carrigaphooca Stone Circle is a stone circle and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.[2] [3] [4] It is situated 4.4km (02.7miles) west of Macroom, immediately east of Carrigaphooca Castle, north of the N22, and near the confluence of the River Sullane and River Foherish.[5] The name means "stone of the púca" (ghost or fairy).[6]

There were five stones: four standing and one inclined,[7] but now only three remain.[8] The circle's diameter was approximately 5.5m (18feet).[9] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship - Cork . National Monuments Service . Ireland . 4 March 2009 . 31 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Carrigaphooca . The Megalithic Portal . megalithic.co.uk .
  3. Book: Burl, Aubrey. A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. registration. Carrigaphooca Stone Circle.. 13 July 1995. Yale University Press. Internet Archive.
  4. Book: Cope, Julian. The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites. 13 July 1998. Thorsons. 9780722535998. Google Books.
  5. Web site: Carrigaphooca Stone Circle / Megalithic Monuments Of Ireland . Pip . Powell . megalithicmonumentsofireland.com.
  6. Web site: Carrigaphooca. www.themodernantiquarian.com.
  7. Rude Stone Monuments of the Northern Portion of Cork County . J. P. . Conlon . Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . 6 . 7 . 2 . December 1917 . 139 . Dublin . Society of Antiquaries . 25549748 .
  8. A Survey of Stone Circles in Cork and Kerry . Seán . Ó Nualláin . Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature . 84C . 1984 . 15 . 25506112 .
  9. Book: Archaeological Inventory of County Cork: West Cork. Denis. Power. 13 July 1992. Government Stationery Office. Dublin . 9780707601755 .

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