Uragh, Co Kerry

For the final visit of the day I took the road past the Cloonee Loughs towards the shore of Lough Inchiquin and the stone circle and standing stone at Uragh.

From a ridge above the stones and looking to the south can be seen Uragh Wood at the foot of the Cara Mountains.

The outlying megalith is less than a metre from the circle and at 3.1m towers over the other stones.

The stone circle is orientated southwest to northeast and has a diameter of about 2.5m.

The stones here in this beautiful part of Kerry make this a site that should be very high on the list of anybody interested in megaliths, and for me a great place to finish off the day's megalith tour before returning home.

Shronebirrane, Co Kerry

For the next stop of the day I headed south up the Drumminboy river valley to the stone circle at Shronebirrane which is found in a small field next to the road, with the dramatic backdrop of Tooth Mountain and Coomacloghane on the Cork border to the west.

The circle is incomplete, and consists of nine remaining stones. The tallest stone is over 2.5m whilst the diameter is about 7m. It is likely that originally there were thirteen stones in this circle.

This last picture is looking northeast back down the valley towards Lauragh.

You can almost forget that there is a bungalow built on a plot next to the stones.

Dromagorteen, Co Kerry

I'd been in Kenmare for the morning and passed a sign for a stone circle on the road back to Glengarriff, just north of the Cork/Kerry border. Not having visited many megaliths in Co Kerry I thought I might as well turn off the main road and have a look, and so I found myself at Dromagorteen stone circle.

The diameter is 33ft and there are thirteen stones in the circle with one in the middle, and a local name for the stones is 'Judge and Jury'. The stones are sited in an exceptionlly beautiful location, though the condition of the circle itself can only be described as poor, very few of the stones still standing.

Not far from the stone circle can be found a Bullaun Stone, which unusually is on its side.

There is also a hill fort to see here. Head for the Bonane Heritage Park at the western end of the Shehy mountains, the stones are five minutes walk uphill from the car park.