Stone Circles of Ireland: map and guide by county
222 stone circles on one map, county by county.
Photo: Carrigagulla Stone Circle · Ceoil at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Stone circles are rings of upright stones, mostly of the Bronze Age, concentrated in Cork and Kerry and in mid-Ulster.
Every stone circle with a reliable location in the Republic is on the map below. The best-documented ones have a page of their own.
Where they are
Darker = more recorded. Most in Cork, Kerry, Mayo.
Types recorded
- Stone circle100 recorded
- Stone circle - multiple-stone57 recorded
- Stone circle - five-stone56 recorded
- Stone circle - embanked9 recorded
Map of stone circles
Sites you can visit
Listed by the National Monuments Service or promoted by Fáilte Ireland as visitor attractions.
Featured stone circles
Drombeg Stone Circle
Stone circle - multiple-stone · Drombeg (Carbery E. (W.D.) By.) · Cork
National MonumentBeltany stone circle
Stone circle · Tops · Donegal
National MonumentCarrigagulla Stone Circle
Stone circle - multiple-stone · Carrigagulla · Cork
National MonumentCastleruddery Stone Circle
Stone circle - embanked · Castleruddery Lower · Wicklow
National MonumentDerreenataggart
Stone circle - multiple-stone · Derreenataggart West · Cork
National MonumentGrange stone circle
Stone circle - embanked · Grange (Smallcounty By.) · Limerick
National MonumentPiper's Stones
Stone circle · Athgreany · Wicklow
Bocan stone circle
Stone circle · Glackadrumman · Donegal
National MonumentDerryarkane Stone Circle
Stone circle - five-stone · Derryarkane · Cork
National MonumentRathfran Stone Circle
Stone circle · Rathfran · Mayo
Dromagorteen Stone Circle
Stone circle - multiple-stone · Dromagorteen · Kerry
Dunbeacon stone circle
Stone circle - multiple-stone · Dunbeacon · Cork
Stone Circles by county
| County | On the map | Named, with notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cork | 96 | 6 |
| Kerry | 26 | 1 |
| Mayo | 20 | 1 |
| Limerick | 14 | 1 |
| Donegal | 12 | 2 |
| Wicklow | 10 | 2 |
| Galway | 6 | 1 |
| Cavan | 5 | 0 |
| Louth | 5 | 0 |
| Sligo | 5 | 0 |
| Tipperary | 5 | 0 |
| Meath | 4 | 0 |
| Clare | 3 | 0 |
| Dublin | 3 | 0 |
| Kildare | 3 | 0 |
| Longford | 2 | 0 |
| Kilkenny | 1 | 0 |
| Waterford | 1 | 0 |
| Westmeath | 1 | 0 |
Source: Archaeological Survey of Ireland (SMR, 1 December 2025), National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; names from NMS, Wikidata and Fáilte Ireland. Records without a mapped location are not shown.