Kenmare Stone Circle
Kenmare Stone Circle, Count Kerry, Republic of Ireland
This is the biggest stone circle in the southwest of Ireland.
Stone circles were built in the Bronze Age (2,200 BC – 500 BC) for ritual and ceremonial purposes. Some studies indicate they were oriented to lunar and solar events such as the position of the sun on the horizon on a solstice. This one may be oriented to the setting sun.
In the center of this circle is a type of burial monument known as a “Boulder Burial”. They are rarely found outside of Ireland.
Whenever I travel I am astonished at the connection I can still feel for “those who came before”. To touch these stones, as with other stones and ancient structures elsewhere in Ireland, was amazing.
Really.
Not making that up.
This is the biggest stone circle in the southwest of Ireland.
Stone circles were built in the Bronze Age (2,200 BC – 500 BC) for ritual and ceremonial purposes. Some studies indicate they were oriented to lunar and solar events such as the position of the sun on the horizon on a solstice. This one may be oriented to the setting sun.
In the center of this circle is a type of burial monument known as a “Boulder Burial”. They are rarely found outside of Ireland.
Whenever I travel I am astonished at the connection I can still feel for “those who came before”. To touch these stones, as with other stones and ancient structures elsewhere in Ireland, was amazing.
Really.
Not making that up.
Very brief slide show below.
Enjoy
Enjoy