| Ballinvalley - Rock Art |
I have looked down on this stone circle many times, but have never managed to find the time to come around to it. The drive to the farm from the Loughcrew car park isn't too bad, but it has always been enough to put me off. Well, today it was one of my definite destinations and I made sure that I had enough time to visit it. Ken Williams also wanted to come back here to track down the rock art panel close to the circle.
The monument is very ruined, but still has a certain something. The remaining (7 or so) stones that remain standing are massive. I don't think any other Irish stone circle has stones this big. It is is around 25m in diameter and an old ruined wall cuts across its eastern side, seprating one of the uprights from the rest. The rock art panel is amongst the debris of this wall.
One of the treats about standing at this site is looking back up towards Carnbane East & West with cairns L & T sitting on top of them respectively.
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