Carrigaphooca Stone Circle


Carrigaphooca Stone Circle is a stone circle and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.

Location

Carrigaphooca Stone Circle is situated west of Macroom, immediately east of Carrigaphooca Castle, north of the N22, and near the confluence of the River Sullane and River Foherish.

History

Stone circles of this type were erected in Ireland in the middle/late Bronze Age
The name means "Stone of the púca."

Description

There were five stones: four standing and one inclined, but now only three remain. The circle's diameter was about.