I actually tried to find this site way back in November 2002, but rain stopped me making the effort to climb the up the muddy, stoney track. This time however the sun was shining brilliantly and I had no excuse. The Track was still muddy though.
The circle sits on a little plateau overlooking the valley below. It is surrounded by hills on three sides and looks due east along a river valley towards Cooneen Hill. To the southwest the massive Slievekimalta dominates the site.
The stones used to form this circle are a curiousity in their own right. The tallest is around 1.85m (as tall as me) and the shortest is just 40cm or tall. It's difficult to be sure, because so many stones are missing from the northeast side of the circle, but it would seem that the stones rise in height as they approach the tall stone. In the centre of the circle there is a fallen stone that may once have stood. Interestingly a line from the tall stone through the centre of the circle continues on towards a small notch in the hills to the northwest.
I love this site. It easily deserves a place amongst Ireland's best stone circles. It's not structurally all that brilliant but its location is so similar to some of my favourite stone circles in the Lake District such as Sunkenkirk.
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_A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Ballyholly (Co. Derry) |  Reanascreena (Co. Cork) |  Ardgroom Outward (Co. Cork) |
 Coolbuck (Co. Fermanagh) |  Cong 3 (Co. Mayo) |  Maughanaclea NE (Co. Cork) |
