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Carrigaphooca Stone Circle
Native name
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Type stone circle
Location Carrigaphooca, Clondrohid,
County Cork, Ireland
Elevation 80 m (260 ft)
Built 1700–800 BC
National Monument of Ireland
Official name: Carrigaphooca Stone Circle
Reference no. 255

Carrigaphooca Stone Circle is a stone circle and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.

Location

Carrigaphooca Stone Circle is situated 4.4 km (2.7 mi) west of Macroom, immediately east of Carrigaphooca Castle, north of the N22, and near the confluence of the River Sullane and River Foherish.

History

Stone circles of this type were erected in Ireland in the middle/late Bronze Age (c. 1700–800 BC)

The name means "Stone of the púca."

Description

There were five stones: four standing and one inclined, but now only three remain. The circle's diameter was about 5.5 m (18 ft).

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