Kenmare Stone Circle

"Stone circles were built during the Bronze Age (2000 - 200 BCE) and Kenmare Stone Circle is the biggest example of over 100 circles that exist in the south west of Ireland.  They were believed to be built for ritual and ceremonial purposes and some studies indicated that they were orientated on certain solar and lunar events such as the position of the sun on the horizon on a solstice.

This fine example at Kenmare may be orientated on the setting sun.

The Cork and Kerry Stone Circles may have some relationship with the more famous monument at Stonehenge.  In the centre of the circle is a type of burial monument known as a 'Boulder Dolmen'.  These are rarely found outside of south-western Ireland."