The Drombeg Stone Circle is one of the finest stone circles in County Cork, dating back to about 150BC. The circle has 17 standing stones and measures about 30 feet in diameter. During the winter solstice the suns rays fall on the flat alter stone that faces the entrance to the circle.

Nearby is a small stream with a fine example of a Stone Age cooking pit called a fulacht fiadh. Originally, a fire

was made in a hearth and hot stones were added to the embers to heat. These stones would then be placed in the cooking pit to heat the water for cooking. Once the water was boiling the meat, usually venison, was added. The hot stones would bring the water to a slow boil, thus cooking the meat over several hours. Think "slow cooker" here, or crock pot cooking.