Eightercua

Eightercua Stone Alignment, Ring of Kerry

Eightercua Irish: Íoċtar Ċua (or possibly Íoċtar Ċuan), meaning ' "the place or holy place or harbor" that is Íoċ or "below" - the word is a specifically geographical term that does not adequately translate into English which does not designate a "place down below" with categorically geographical differentiation') is a four-stone alignment (stone-row) Megalithic tomb, located 1.5 km south-south-east of Waterville, County Kerry, Ireland. The tallest stone reaches 9 feet in height, and the alignment streaches for twenty five feet in an east-west direction. Surrounding artifacts, including remains of a possible tomb and an ancient enclosure, suggest that the site had a ritual purpose at one time. Eightercua is thought to originate from circa. 1700 BC, and by tradition is the burial place of , wife of the leader of the Milesian invaders, Amergin mac Míled.^[1]

The site features four tall slabs from 1.8m to 3m high running east and west. From one stone a slab runs south and could be part of a tomb chamber or cist set in an oval cairn 1m high.^[2]

References[]

^ McNally, Kenneth (2006). "Ireland's Ancient Stones" (Belfast: Appletree Press). ISBN 0-86281-996-2
^ Weir, A (1980). Early Ireland. A Field Guide. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. p. 160.

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Images of Eightercua

Coordinates: 51°48′54″N 10°09′29″W / 51.8149138889°N 10.158075°W / 51.8149138889; -10.158075

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[1] McNally, Kenneth (2006). "Ireland's Ancient Stones" (Belfast: Appletree Press). ISBN 0-86281-996-2

[2] Weir, A (1980). Early Ireland. A Field Guide. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. p. 160.

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