Templebryan Stone Circle, Bronze Age stone circle in Clonakilty, Ireland

Templebryan Stone Circle is a prehistoric stone circle made of four upright stones with flat tops surrounding a central quartz stone. The circle measures about 9.5 meters across and sits on private land north of Clonakilty.

Records from 1743 show nine standing stones at the site, but by 1837 only five remained in their original positions. These changes reveal how the circle was transformed over centuries through natural processes and human activity.

The quartz block near the circle's centre is called Cloch Gréine, Irish for sunstone, a variant found in this region. The sources do not link it to the name of Clonakilty. About 300 m north-west stand the remains of an enclosure with graves, an oratory, souterrains, a spring called Tobernakilla and a bullaun.

The stone circle sits on private land about 2.5 kilometers north of Clonakilty, and visitors need permission from landowners before entering. It is best to make contact ahead of time to learn about access conditions.

The circle is counted among the rare Irish versions of recumbent stone circles, and its fallen stone lies in the northwest while a flat-topped outlier stands to the southwest. The 0.7 m quartz block called Cloch Gréine, the sunstone, sits near the middle rather than at the centre of the ring.