Beenalaght (or An Seisear, meaning ''The Six'') is an
alignment
Alignment may refer to:
Archaeology
* Alignment (archaeology), a co-linear arrangement of features or structures with external landmarks
* Stone alignment, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones
Biology
* Struc ...
of six
standing stones
A menhir (; from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Br ...
located on a flat pasture in Reanthesure, 0.5km west of the village of Bweeng,
County Cork
County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster ...
,
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. It is 13.6km (8.5 miles) south-west of
Mallow, on a hill to the west of the Mallow-
Coachford
Coachford () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the north side of the River Lee. The village is located in the civil parish of Magourney. Coachford is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.
Coachford owes its ...
Road.
(grid ref: 485 873, Latitude: 52.035818N Longitude: 8.751181W
)
References
Sources
*McNally, Kenneth (2006). "Ireland's Ancient Stones" (Belfast: Appletree Press).
External links
Beenalaght stone row at Megalithomania.com
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Megalithic monuments in Ireland
Archaeological sites in County Cork