Bohonagh is an axial stone circle located 2.4 km east of Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland. The circle is thought to date from the Bronze Age. A boulder burial is sited nearby
Features
The stone circle comprised 13 stones set in a circle with a diameter of . Four out of the 13 stones are missing and three were re-erected after excavation. Two
portal stones are set radially on an east–west axis to the recumbent stones and are high. At just under , these stone are among the tallest of any Irish stone circle. The axis from these stones to the large axial-stone on the west side, points to sunset at the
.
Many of the stones have quartz inclusions and many small pieces of
quartz are associated with the circle.
A boulder burial (Dolmen) is sited east of the circle, and its large capstone (weighing almost 20 tons
Excavations
In 1959 the site was excavated and a central pit containing charcoal and cremated bone was found.
Sources
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McNally, Kenneth (2006). "Ireland's Ancient Stones" (Belfast: Appletree Press).
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