Ardgroom

Ardgroom (Irish: Dhá Dhrom, meaning 'two drumlins')^[1] is a village on the Beara peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. Its name refers to two gravelly hills deposited by a glacier, Dromárd and Drombeg. It lies to the north west of Glenbeg Lough, overlooking the Kenmare River estuary. It sits between the coast and the Slieve Miskish Mountains. The village contains a shop, post office, a petrol station and "The Village Inn" pub.

Ardgroom Dhá Dhrom
Village
"Ardgroom SW" ("Canfea") stone circle
Ardgroom Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51.7343°N 9.8969°W / 51.7343; -9.8969
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Cork
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish grid reference	V690553

Stone circle

Near the village lie a number of megalithic monuments.^[2] Signposted is the stone circle to be found to the east of the village at a distance of about 1 mile, off the old Kenmare road. It has the name "Canfea" but is normally called the "Ardgroom" stone circle.^[3] About 1 mile north east lie the remains of another stone circle.^{[citation needed]}

The circle consists of 11 stones, 9 of which are still upright with one alignment stone outside the circle.^[4] Unusually for a stone circle, its stones tend to taper toward points.

Also in the vicinity are the remains of at least two ring forts and a number of standing stones and stone rows.^[5]

Further reading

• Martin Verling, ed. (2003). Beara Woman Talking: The Lore of Peig Minihane. Folklore from the Beara Peninsula. Cork: Mercier Press. ISBN 9781856354172.