Ardamore Standing Stones and Outlier

Summary: The Ardamore Standing Stones Outlier is a large megalith which has multiple Bronze Age rock art motifs on its north-west side.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 12
  • Motif/s: Cupmarks, Cup-and-Ring
  • Quality: 1/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered

The Ardamore Standing Stone Alignment is a Bronze Age arrangement of three large stones, which are each over two metres in height.

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The row of stones is oriented to the setting sun at Winter Solstice; the sun aligns with the stones and appears to roll down the bottom of the valley and into the sea.

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About 60 metres northeast of the stone alignment is a huge outlier stone, which is 2.9m in height and 2m wide.

IMG 6820 LR Ardamore Standing Stones and Outlier

The northwest face of the stone has multiple rock art motifs, including a cup with two circles and two cups with a single ring, and seven plain cup marks.

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Photo: Megalithic Ireland

Getting to the Ardamore Standing Stones

The Ardamore Standing Stones and Outlier are in a fenced field on private property (52.13282, -10.15872), but public access is (currently) allowed. To get there you need to follow an unsealed road which can be quite muddy/boggy.

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