Carrigagulla (''
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
'': Carraig an Ghiolla) is a
megalithic complex 2.9 km north-east of
Ballinagree
Ballinagree (), sometimes Ballynagree, is a small village situated at the foot of the Boggeragh Mountains in County Cork, Ireland. It is located in Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, in the Parish of Aghinagh, which also has Rusheen, Bealnamoriv ...
,
County Cork
County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns a ...
, Ireland.
It consists of two
axial stone circle
An axial stone circle is a megalithic ring of stones of a particular design found in County Cork and County Kerry in southwest Ireland. Archaeologists have found it convenient to consider the axial five-stone circle and axial multiple-stone circ ...
, two
stone rows, and an
ogham
Ogham ( Modern Irish: ; mga, ogum, ogom, later mga, ogam, label=none ) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish langu ...
stone which has been moved around a half mile away.
Features
Carrigagulla A is a 7.8m diameter stone circle comprising 15 standing stones circling a central slab. It is thought that there originally may have been 17 stones in place. The Carrigagulla NE stone row comprising five stones, four of which have been moved and are now used as gates. The stone row at Carrigagulla SW is built from three stones, one of which has fallen.
Carrigagulla Ogham Stone was discovered by
Coillte Teoranta
Coillte (; meaning "forests"/"woods") is a state-owned commercial forestry business in Ireland based in Newtownmountkennedy. Coillte manage approximately 7% of the country’s land, and operates three businesses - their core forestry business, ...
during peat cutting, but the exact location of the find is not known. It has been housed in
Cork Public Museum
Cork Public Museum ( ga, Músaem Poiblí Chorcaí) is a city museum in Cork, Ireland. Housed in a mid-19th century building within Fitzgerald Park in the Mardyke area of the city, the museum's exhibits focus mainly on the history and archaeolo ...
since 1940.
See also
*
List of megalithic monuments in Cork
References
Sources
* ''Denis Power (1997). ''Archaeological inventory of County Cork, Volume 3: Mid Cork, 6435 P10.'' ColorBooks. ''
External links
Irish Megaliths - Selected Monuments in County CorkMegalithomania
{{European Standing Stones
Megalithic monuments in Ireland
Archaeological sites in County Cork
Stone circles in Ireland
National Monuments in County Cork