Stone row in County Cork, Ireland
Maughanasilly Stone Row is a stone row and National Monument located in County Cork , Ireland .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Location
The stone row is located to the northeast of Lough Atooreen , on the eastern slopes of Knockbreteen, 2.3 km (1.4 mi) north of Kealkill . Another stone circle is at Illane, 1.1 km (0.68 mi) NNE of Maughanasilly.[ 5] [ 6]
History
Maughanasilly Stone Row was erected during the Bronze Age , c. 1600–1500 BC, making it contemporary with the Indo-Aryan migrations and the rise of Shang China , the New Kingdom of Egypt and Mycenaean Greece . It was used for archaeoastronomical purposes, for making observations of lunar standstills and equinoxes .[ 7] [ 8]
It was excavated in 1977 by Ann Lynch.[ 9] [ 10] quartz pebbles scattered around. Two flint scrapers were also found.[ 11] [ 12]
Description
There are five standing stones and one prostrate stone, aligned approximate NE-SW.[ 13] [ 14]
References
^ "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Celtic studies, history, linguistics and literature" . The Academy. 9 November 1988 – via Google Books.^ Lynch, Ann (9 November 1981). Man and environment in South-West Ireland, 4000 B.C.-A.D. 800: a study of man's impact on the development of soil and vegetation ISBN 9780860541127 ^ Edwards, Kevin J.; Warren, William P. (9 November 1985). The Quaternary history of Ireland ISBN 9780122327308 ^ Murchadha, Ciarán Ó; Society, Clare Archaeological and Historical (9 November 2017). County Clare studies: essays in memory of Gerald O'Connell, Seán Ó Murchadha, Thomas Coffey and Pat Flynn ISBN 9780953936311 ^ "megalithomania: Maughanasilly (Cork) :: Stone Row or Alignment :: Visit notes" . www.megalithomania.com .^ Pip. "MAUGHNASILLY STONE ROW/MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS OF IRELAND.COM" . www.megalithicmonumentsofireland.com . ^ "Maughanasilly Stone Row - Roaringwater Journal" . roaringwaterjournal.com .^ Heggie, D. C. (5 August 1982). Archaeoastronomy in the Old World ISBN 9780521247344 ^ Moody, Theodore William; Martin, Francis X.; Byrne, Francis John; Cosgrove, Art (9 November 1976). A New History of Ireland: Prehistoric and early Ireland ISBN 9780198217374 ^ "A return to Maughanasilly and Kealkill" . ancientstones.blogspot.ie .^ "Maughanasilly" . www.themodernantiquarian.com .^ Thom, Alexander; Thom, Archibald Stevenson; Burl, Aubrey (31 December 1990). Stone rows and standing stones: Britain, Ireland and Brittany ISBN 9780860547082 ^ Wilson, Mike. "Maughanasilly Stone Row ~ mega-what.com Ancient Sacred Places" . www.mega-what.com . ^ "Maughanasilly" . www.irishstones.org .
