Ahakista
Sign in to saveAhakista ( or Áth an Chiste) is located approximately halfway along the Sheep's Head peninsula between Durrus and Kilcrohane in County Cork, Ireland. It is a wooded coastal village with a deep and sheltered harbour.
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It sits within the topics Towns and villages in County Cork, Untranslated Irish place names and Use Hiberno-English from April 2020.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Republic of Ireland
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- County Cork
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Ahakista ( or Áth an Chiste) is located approximately halfway along the Sheep's Head peninsula between Durrus and Kilcrohane in County Cork, Ireland. It is a wooded coastal village with a deep and sheltered harbour.
==History== ===Archaeology=== Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes several ringfort and fulacht fiadh sites in the townlands of Dromnea, Rossnacaheragh and Gorteanish. A stone circle at Gorteanish dates to the Bronze Age (2200–600 B.C.). The Gorteanish stone circle, undocumented until the 1990s, was excavated and renovated in 2023.
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