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GARRANE County Cork Linear settings of pillarstones are fairly numerous in the hilly country on the eastern margin of the Boggeragh Mountains, but are not easy to locate and access can be difficult. There is a palpable air of mystery about this hoary two-stone pair looming like ghosts out of the mist on a wooded spur of Bweengduff Mountain, some 2 miles north-west of Bweeng village. They are set about 6 feet apart and lean in opposite directions, and are aligned on a north-east/ south-west axis, as are the majority of stone rows in the region. The northern stone is 83/4 feet high, the southern one 71/2 feet. Another fine and much more accessible pair can be seen at Monkey’s Bridge, Glandine, about 1 mile to the south. The stones here are of similar height, the northern one again being the taller, with its southern counterpart set, unusually, at right angles. Stone pairs and multiple-stone alignments are broadly contemporary with the stone circle cult that flourished in the Bronze Age.
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