Английская Википедия:Breeny More Stone Circle

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Breeny More Stone Circle is an axial stone circle and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.[1][2][3]

Location

Breeny More Stone Circle is situated Шаблон:Convert southeast of Kealkill, overlooking Bantry Bay to the west. Another stone circle lies Шаблон:Convert to the northeast.[4][5][6]

History

Boulder burials of this type are believed to date from the middle Bronze Age, i.e. 1500–1000 BC.[7] The toponym is from the Irish brúine móra, "great dwellings of the fairies."[8][9]

Description

This is a stone circle with four boulder burials. The circle has two entrance stones and an axial stone, with a main axis measuring Шаблон:Convert. It has a southeast–northwest axis, facing the rising sun.[10][11]

A "boulder burial" is a single large boulder sitting on three or four support stones; the term was coined by Seán Ó Nualláin in the 1970s. They are generally found in the southwest, and associated with standing stones and stone circles; some dispute that there were ever burial sites, as no human remains have ever been recovered.[7]

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