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Posted on 09/20/2025 9:28:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A rare example of a ritual Bronze Age monument has been discovered on Oileán Acla in Co Mayo.
The stone alignment had been hidden by ancient trees which were flattened by Storm Éowyn earlier this year.
The discovery was made during an archaeological field trip with US students from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
It is part of their semester at the University of Galway and Kylemore Abbey.
"The site in question is a stunning Bronze Age stone alignment in Cloghmore townland, overlooking Achill Sound opposite the mountains of the Corraun Peninsula. The site consists of two upright standing stones with a third lying collapsed close by. The largest of the stones is more than 2.4 m in height and may even have given its name to the townland, An Cloch Mór -- the big stone," he said.
There is a wealth of prehistoric monuments and forts on Oileán Acla but the Cloghmore site is a rare example of a Bronze Age ritual monument on the island...
"We're right beside Kildavnet here which would have been a monastic settlement in medieval times. We're near Kildavnet Castle which is known as Grainne Mhaol's Tower here in O'Malley heartland. So, the significance of An Chloch Mhór, which basically is two huge standing stones, and one fallen, is that we are back to prehistoric times, and we're back to an age of early farming. Neolithic times, where woman and man, ancient people, left something behind, a territorial mark, a territorial stone, a boundary stone. This could be an ancient portal where people moved from one existence to another."
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My best guess it is in Ireland.
Yes, County Mayo, in one of those islands off the condiment of Europe.
Correct you are.
Yes, I suppose that is one possibility.
That’s just fancy wording for a site used for human sacrifice.
Yeah,,,he looks kinda stoned...
Well if its in Co Mayo, maybe it was directional, pointing to Co Mustard so they could ketchup faster.
You just never know with stoned age people...
lol!
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