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| W 39075 82111 (GPS 15 min) | Diameter 2.9 x 2.7m (Pub.) |
| Visited Aug 1998 |
This is an Irish five-stone recumbent
circle that has caused us some problems. The description in Burl's " Guide
to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany" does not match what
we observed and photographed. We are certain that the circle is Oughtihery NW,
as we took an averaged GPS reading at the site which matches Burl's quoted
position and the OS map.
Burl describes the SE portal stone as "almost prostrate", whilst
all of the stones in this ring are upright. Also, no mention is made of
the "rather" prominent mound of field stones in this ring, whereas
comment is made about the stone infill at Oughtihery SE, and we found very
little infill at that site. The last problem is that errrr.... we forgot to take
bearings on the photos we shot, so no directional info there, sorry.
We assumed the smallest, squat stone to be the recumbent, this fitted well, as
the two opposing stones were the tallest, as is usual for the portals in this
type of circle.