Bohonagh Stone Circle

Bohonagh is an axial stone circle located 2.4 km east of Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland [1]. The circle is thought to date from the Bronze Age [1]. The stone circle comprised 13 stones set in a circle with a diameter of 30 feet (9 m) [1]. Four out of the 13 stones are missing and three were re-erected after excavation [1]. Two portal stones are set radially on an east–west axis to the recumbent stones and are 240 centimetres (7 ft 10 in) high [1]. The axis from these stones to the large axial-stone on the west side, points to sunset at the equinoxes [1]. Many of the stones have quartz inclusions and many small pieces of quartz are associated with the circle [1]. In 1959 the site was excavated and a central pit containing charcoal and cremated bone was found [1].