{{Short description|Stone tomb in Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox historic site | name = Eightercua | image = Eightercua Stone Alignment, Ring of Kerry (506549) (27422902643).jpg | caption = The stone row in 2015 | map_type = Ireland | type = Stone row | map_caption = Location in Ireland | map_relief = 2 | coordinates = {{coord|51.8149138889|N|10.158075|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | location = Kerry, Ireland | material = Stone | built = {{circa|1700 BC}} }} '''Eightercua''' {{Irish place name|Íoċtar Ċua (or possibly Íoċtar Ċuan)| "the place or holy place or harbor" that is Íoċ or "below" - the word is a specifically geographical term that does not adequately translate into English which does not designate a "place down below" with categorically geographical differentiation}}) is a four-stone alignment (stone-row) Megalithic tomb, located 1.5 km south-south-east of Waterville, Kerry, Ireland. The tallest stone reaches 10 feet in height, and the alignment streaches for 25 feet in an east-west direction.<ref>{{cite book |last=Meehan |first=Cary |date=2004 |title=Sacred Ireland |url= |location=Somerset |publisher=Gothic Image Publications |page=564|isbn=0 906362 43 1 |access-date=}}</ref> Surrounding artifacts, including remains of a possible tomb and an ancient enclosure, suggest that the site had a ritual purpose at one time. Eightercua is thought to originate from around 1700 BC, and by tradition is the burial place of Scéine, wife of the leader of the Milesian invaders, Amergin mac Míled.<ref>McNally, Kenneth (2006). "Ireland's Ancient Stones" (Belfast: Appletree Press). {{ISBN|0-86281-996-2}}</ref>
The site features four tall slabs from 1.8 to 3 meters high running east and west. From one stone a slab runs south and could be part of a tomb chamber or cist set in an oval cairn 1 meter high.<ref>{{cite book | last=Weir, A| year=1980 |title=Early Ireland. A Field Guide | publisher=Blackstaff Press | location=Belfast | page=160}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070103054937/http://www.anima.demon.co.uk/sites/v512696.html Images of Eightercua]
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Category:Megalithic monuments in Ireland Category:Archaeological sites in County Kerry Category:Tombs in the Republic of Ireland Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 2nd millennium BC