Kealkill Stone Circle

Kealkill stone circle is a Bronze Age axial five-stone circle located just outside the village of Kealkill, County Cork in southwest Ireland [1]. Kealkill is an example of the type of stone circle commonly found in counties Cork and Kerry [1]. The stones are positioned in a somewhat elliptical shape, about 2.8 by 2.4 metres, and there are two tall upright standing stones and a ring cairn nearby [1]. Five metres to the northeast the two tall standing stones, menhirs, are 1.6 metres apart [1]. Excavation of the cairn showed that there had originally been 18 radially-orientated kerb stones in a ring that was somewhat smaller than the 7.6-metre diameter of the cairn [1]. Nothing was found helpful for dating purposes and there were no signs of burial within the circle or the cairn [1].