the lios

While all of the Lough Gur area is a must-see for anyone interested in Ireland’s pre-historic past the Lios is possibly the cream of the lot. It is a megalithic stone circle of about 150 feet in diameter built inside a wide bank of earth, apparently dating from 2000 - 1800 BC. The atmosphere is added to by its now being overgrown and containing trees. Leading up to the ring from the east is a paved path with ordered up right stones to either side. The site appears to have been neither inhabited at any time, nor used for burial. Pottery was found however, including food vessels that had been deliberately, presumably ceremonially, broken.
Near-by to the north are two more stone circles, one well-preserved, the other in ruins.