The drive up to this circle is spectacular, taking you around lakes and over dramatically carved rivers. When you park you have no view of the circle and all is revealed in quite spectacular fashion after you have climbed up the low hill upon which this circle stands.
As I did this I was elated. I had forgotten the name of this one and so was very pleased indeed to 'stumble' upon a circle that I'd wanted to see for so long.
The circle itself is quite different, being made up of five 1m x 1.5m slabs forming and open ended 2.5m diameter hexagon. Set just ouside the circle, on the oppostite side to the opening is a monstrous 3.5m tall slab that seems to bend in over the circle. The effect is amazing! It really is like a piece of modern sculpture thrown into the most amazing scenery.
It occupies a spot on a terrace on the side of the hill that separates two lakes, so that is is situated at the bottom of one valley and the top of another one. At the end of the valley above a waterfall cascades down the mountainside.
I had very deep feelings at this site. Feelings that go way down into the primitive. The stark contrast of its form and the surrounding nature is extreme.
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I do love this site. The location, between the two lakes, has to be one of the finest! After visiting the nearby site at Uragh (west) (County Kerry) I spent a little time here just soaking up the landscape and trying to ignore the idiot who was hogging both parking spaces.
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| Lee from Missouri, USA |  |
| Uwe Häberle from Leinfelden-Echterdingen (Germany) | |
| Marianne from Clare | |
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Knocknakilla (Co. Cork) |  Clogherny (Co. Tyrone) |  The Piper's Stones (Co. Kildare) |
 Mountdrum (Co. Fermanagh) |  Cong 4 (Co. Mayo) |  Cong 3 (Co. Mayo) |
