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A few Megaliths from last weekend. 800PX PHOTO THREAD!
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14-09-2009 10:10pm#1MOD Note 07/05/2013. Thanks to Bogman for keeping this amazing thread alive over the years. We have removed chat and broken links so the thread is easier to browse. Please feel free to add any images of archaeological monuments you wish but please add the date, location and description of the monument in the image. Please keep it to images that you have taken Please don't chat without an image attached.
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A few from last weekend
Ballyganner South Wedge Tomb County Clare
Clooneen Wedge Tomb, Burren, Co. Clare
Parknabinnia Wedge Tomb County Clare
Killinaboy Old Church Sheela-na-Gig near Corrofin County Clare
Not a Megalith
Killinaboy Old Church Cross near Corrofin County Clare
Not a Megalith
Lough Gur Wedge tomb near Hollycross County Limerick
Grange Stone Circle Lough Gur Co. Limerick
Stone circle Lough Gur C
Adjacent to Grange stone circle
Grange stone circle is just over the far ditch
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Few more
Must have been a party here, lots of pint bottles under the Dolmen
Cappeen standing stone & Wedge (same field)
3 fields away in poor shape
Inchincurka Wedge Tomb north of Dunmanway
Knockraheen stone circle
Knockraheen alignment stones, Boggeragh mountains
Knockraheen stone circle & alignment stones
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Setup an account there, will look at it later bawn79
This afternoons Jaunt
Arderawinny Portal tomb west of Schull Co Cork (well hidden behind some gorse and at the base of a small cliff
1 mile to the west on a corner of the main road at a car park, a beauty
Altar Wedge Tomb west of Schull on the R592
About two miles further on behind the Altar Restaurant on the left
Toormore Wedge Tomb
Theres a concrete lintle supporting the slap at one corner!!
Continue up the R591 towards Durrus to the Dunbeacon Standing Stones (2 miles west of Durrus, parking place provided, 2nd gate on the right
These point roughly to the next target over the harvested field to the right
Dunbeacon Circle, across the road from the Dunbeacon Standing Stones car park, through the lane, across the large field and on 50 yards, watch out for electric fences
6 stones remain standing
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Using 2 books, Temples of stone & Sacred Ireland, that and a lot of research on internet, very satisfying Finn, Garmin Zumo gps on the bike works well tooDarky Finn wrote: »
How exactly have you been locating these tombs?
Got two today
Augnacliffe Portal Tomb
County Longford
This is huge
Cleenrah Portal-tomb
Augnacliffe
County Longford
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Cheers mate;)GhostInTheRuins wrote: »I've been meaning to do a proper trip like this for a long time now. Fair play Bogman, some great pictures there.
Bohonagh Stone Circle on the way home from Toe head this evening
N51.58057
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20m distant
Boulder Burial
Bohonagh Stone Circle 20m beyond
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These are all located close to Tramore
Gaulstown Portal Tomb Co Waterford
Adjacent to Gaulstown Portal Tomb Co Waterford
Harristown passage tomb Woodstown County Waterford
Knockeen Portal Tomb Waterford
Matthewstown Passage Tomb near Tramore Waterford
Known locally as the giants grave, not in a good state of repair
Passage tomb at Carriglong County Waterford
Located inside this gorse
Ballynageeragh dolmen near Tramore County Waterford
Unfortunately has a concrete base added and one of the upright stones is of concrete also (done in 1940)
This is terrible looking
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Up in Donegal and Sligo over the weekend, got these
Carrowkeel Cemetery, County Sligo
54.2484 N
8.5193 W
(Includes 14 Cairns)
Tombs were built around 3200-2400 B.C
Cairn entrance Carrowkeel
All the Megaliths below are within 10 or so of each other
Farranmacbride Court Tomb, County Donegal
2 fields of Megaliths, pity about their condition
54.7145 N
8.7222 W
Malin More Portal Tombs, County Donegal
54.6994 N
8.7745 W
The field contains the remains of 6 tombs roughly in line with each other, an adjacent field has a Standing stone, an amazing place
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These tombs are not in a great state of repair but that matters not, its just over the wall from the main road
Cloghanmore Court Tomb, near Malin More County Donegal
54.6892 N
8.7466 W
Class, car park and concrete path all the way to the tomb :thumbsup2:
Shalwy court tomb County Donegal
Waterlogged ground prevented me getting near
54.6243 N
8.5471 W
Wellingtons the next time
Early Christian Cross near Farranmacbride, County Donegal
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Learning as I go along (Error corrected & few more added)
This is in fact Scrahanard Wedge tomb, (not Cappeen Wedge Cairn/Dolmen)
Notice at the gate says Dolmen
Scahanard Cairn & Standing stone are in the same field also known as Bealick
Lackaduv wedge tomb is at the other side of the road on property owned by the same farmer, a very nice gent, loves to chat
Seems there is 3rd Wedge tomb not too far away at
51.96644N 9.0032W I will check this out
Scrahanard Wedge tomb last visit
Scrahanard Wedge Tomb today
Scahanard Cairn today
Scrahanard Standing Stone & Cairn today
Scahanard Standing Stone & wedge tomb today
Lackaduv Wedge tomb (very low) last visit
51.96055 N
8.99514 W
Across the road from Scrahanard Wedge Tomb
Lackaduv Dolmen today
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This stone is standing in a field along the Tibradden Road, near Rockbrook, Dublin (approx co-ords: 53,15.7657N; 6,17.6183W):
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Few more done last week
Proleek Dolmen Co Louth
54.02.13.5 N
06.20.50.5 W
Geezer taking measurements :P
Legananny : Portal Tomb Co Down
Longitude 6° 1' 8.86" W
Latitude 54° 19' 22.53" N
Ashley Park : Passage Tomb, Co Tipperary, a real gem
Longitude 8° 11' 17.07" W
Latitude 52° 56' 1.18" N
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This stone is standing in a field along the Tibradden Road, near Rockbrook, Dublin (approx co-ords: 53,15.7657N; 6,17.6183W):
Can't find any reference in the National Monuments database on Archaeology.ie - anyone know anything about it?
Answering my own question, I've finally discovered that this is the Kilmashogue stone pair (sure enough, you can see the second stone in the distance near the trees to the left of the first stone). I had erroneously thought they were to be seen from Kilmashogue Lane not the Tibradden Road.
Here's a few from my collection of Dublin monuments:-
The "Giant's Grave" at Ballyedmonduff:
Fog at Fairy Castle, Two Rock Mountain:
Detail of a Cist at Kilmashogue Wedge Tomb:
"Niall Dhu's Grave" - Chambered Cairn at Tibraden Mountain:
Killakee Wedge Tomb:
Ballybrack Portal Tomb:
Chambered Cairn on Blackheath, Ben of Howth:
The Druid's Judgement Seat, Killiney:
Mount Mapas Obelisk, Killiney Hill (the mound is the remains of a passage gave):
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popped up to fairy castle on two rock on saturday, its a shame that from the 3 cairns that overlooked dublin this is the only one that remains.
from previous trips
the footprint of the cairn from which the hellfire club was built (although who doesnt love the heller)
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I think it's about time I threw up a few.
Lisnadarragh wedge tomb, Monaghan.
Speaking of astral allignments earlier, this photo was taken at the back of the tomb at sunset about a month before winter solstice. So I think it's possible, given the position of the sun here, that there is/was a solstice alignment. I have no idea if it's confirmed or not, but perhaps it's just coincidence!
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Found this one while rummaging through my archives - Glaskenny Cromlech:
This portal tomb can be found in a field near the Knockree youth hostel in the Glencree valley. A large new house is being built in the field - the tape around the monument seems to be there to keep the builders away!0 -
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Great stuff bogman! I was in Kenmare last week so got to see these 2 beauties,
the Kenmare stone circle(about 3 thousand years old if memory serves)-
and its model in the heritage centre-
and the Uragh NE stone circle-this place blew me away! 5 thousandish years old if memory serves and the setting is unreal!
Heres some pics from Fourknocks passage grave in meath-i was there last winter-
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Haroldstown dolmen County carlow.
This one is, unlike far too many others, self supporting in which I mean concrete hasnt been added to hold up the support. Its remarkably cosy inside and was actually used to house a family in the 19th century. I havent found out what year but may have been connected to the famine or land war
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Not as adventurous a journey as any of Bogman's or others but here are a few pics of a very overgrown and not much visited wedge tomb near Aughrim in county Wicklow.
Hopefully, you can see how the tomb entrance was oriented towards the winter sunset in the third photo.
The photos don't really give a sense of just how massive the stones are.
The entrance is interesting, I think, in the fact that it is constructed from one granite boulder which has been split in two and parted (second picture).
There are supposed to be three stones nearby, which have rock art on them - but we had no luck in locating any of them, sadly.
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Here's a few from the Burren in Cavan from a few months ago. Lovely place. Although there's so many loose, massive stones there that it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between man-made megaliths and natural forming rock.
Huge collapsed tomb
Some worn, decorated stones nearby
This was absolutely massive. Known as the sheep shed apparently
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Yeah there's a few signs on the main trail pointing off in the direction of some of the sites. Some of them could be a bit vague and because the forest is fairly wild with not much of a pathway through it, I found myself lost a few times
As far as I can remember there was a few Coillte signs on the way in, and when I was there there was massive amounts of felled trees in one particular area. So yeah, I suppose Coillte manage parts of the forest.
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