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Gurteen Stone Circle & Boulder-Burial: Axes

NGR 100509 69816 (0500490 ITM 0569872 / 51.87214, -9.44512) [Googlemap]

Trajectories 1200BCE. Tap/Click pics for big ones.

Axially NE from Gurteen Multiple Stone Circle, Kerry, Ireland.

Axially E from Gurteen Multiple Stone Circle, Kerry, Ireland.

Axially SE from Gurteen Multiple Stone Circle, Kerry, Ireland.

Axially SW from Gurteen Multiple Stone Circle, Kerry, Ireland.

Axially SW from Gurteen Boulder-Burial, Kerry, Ireland.

Axially W from Gurteen Multiple Stone Circle & Boulder-Burial, Kerry, Ireland.

Axially NW from Gurteen Multiple Stone Circle & Boulder-Burial, Kerry, Ireland.

The main axis of this stone circle is SW / NE but the stones were chosen and arranged to give other axes.

The boulder-burial, probably later, also has a SW / NE axis that is similar but not the same as that of the circle.

More about Gurteen Stone Circle.

References

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, record details. www.archaeology.ie/archaeological-survey-ireland
BYRNE, ELIZABETH et al. 2009 Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry, Volume I: South-West Kerry. Dublin: Stationary Office. p16, no.64.
Ó'NUALLÁIN, SEÁN 1984 A Survey of Stone Circles in Cork and Kerry. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 84c:1-77, p27, no.43.
Ó'NUALLÁIN, SEÁN 1978 Boulder-Burials. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 78c:75-114, p97, no.37.
RUGGLES, C.L.N. 1999 Astronomy in Prehistoric Britain and Ireland. Newhaven & London: Yale University Press. No.ASC15.

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