Boleycarrigeen Stone Circle

Boleycarrigeen derives from Irish Buaile an Charraigín, meaning 'the cattle-fold or summer pasture of the small rocks.' Buaile refers to the seasonal grazing lands used in transhumance practices, reflecting the pastoral economy of prehistoric Ireland. The stone circle itself dates to the late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, circa 3000–1500 BCE, and belongs to a widespread tradition of monumenta...