Glebe Stone Circles are
standing stones and
National Monument located in
County Mayo,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
.
Location
Glebe Standing Stones are located about 1.6 km (1 mile) east-northeast of
Cong.
History
The circles were first noted by
Edward Lhuyd
Edward Lhuyd FRS (; occasionally written Llwyd in line with modern Welsh orthography, 1660 – 30 June 1709) was a Welsh naturalist, botanist, linguist, geographer and antiquary. He is also named in a Latinate form as Eduardus Luidius.
Life
...
on his tour of Ireland in 1699;
William Stukeley later reproduced Lhuyd's unpublished drawings.
William Wilde
Sir William Robert Wills Wilde FRCSI (March 1815 – 19 April 1876) was an Irish oto- ophthalmologic surgeon and the author of significant works on medicine, archaeology and folklore, particularly concerning his native Ireland. He was the fat ...
connected them to the mythical
Battle of Moytura:
Description
There are four circles in a variety of styles.
Glebe (North)
About in diameter, 23 stones remain, up to in height with
cup and ring marks
Cup and ring marks or cup marks are a form of prehistoric art found in the Atlantic seaboard of Europe (Ireland, Wales, Northern England, Scotland, France (Brittany), Portugal, and Spain (Galicia) – and in Mediterranean Europe – Italy (in Alp ...
. The monument was later landscaped as a
tree ring
Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed. As well as dating them, this can give data for dendroclimatology, the study of climate and atmos ...
, and some stones have been disturbed by tree roots.
Nymphsfield 1 (West)
About in diameter, the smallest circle.
Tonaleeaun (East)
An embanked
recumbent stone circle
A recumbent stone circle is a type of stone circle that incorporates a large monolith, known as a ''recumbent'', lying on its side. They are found in only two regions: in Aberdeenshire in the north-east of Scotland and in the far south-west of Irel ...
with an orthostat at the west end.
Nymphsfield 2 (South)
in diameter with 19 stones.
References
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National monuments in County Mayo
Archaeological sites in County Mayo