'Grange Lios' : Stone Circle
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Grange Lios Stone Circle ::
The two entrance flanking stones are on the right and the mighty 20 tonner to the left.
Photo Taken: Sunday, 28th April 2002
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Sunday, 5th July 2009
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_Miscellanea
The wonderful entrance is aligned to the Lugnasa (= 1st August = harvest time) sunrise and the sun falls on the mighty horn stones opposite. Many ox bones were found here on excavation. This is thought to be associated with the 'Ox Horn New Moon' worship and could be related to the Spanish bull cults.
The center of the circle is composed of tightly packed yellow clay. Again, on excavation a new-moon crescent was found made of packed stones extending to the south from the Horn Stones and another packed stone figure of a two pronged staff lay off center in the circle - a representation of the staff of Crom Dubh.
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Lough Gur
A website dedicated to the area around Lough Gur, with information on some of the monuments in the area. The website also has information on local accomodation and pubs. Very useful!Click here to visit this site
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