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A few Megaliths from last weekend. 800PX PHOTO THREAD!
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Been a bit slack in recent months, hope this makes up for it
Headed for Caherconree stone fort close to Camp on the Dingle peninsula yesterday, been on my mind to climb up to the stone fort 675m asl for a few years, today was the day, buddy on the right
90 minutes later, had to stop every 5 minutes, totally unfit but well worth it
Remains of the fort walls
No need of walls with the sheer drop at around 270 degrees around the fort
Bikes were down there somewhere
Cracking views from the top![10013913_10202472647272172_9183410752701041172_n.jpg](https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/10013913_10202472647272172_9183410752701041172_n.jpg"]https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/10013913_10202472647272172_9183410752701041172_n.jpg)
Fort walls from the top
View of the mountain (26th highest in Ireland) from where we started, took 50 mins max to make the decent
County Bounds on the way home, nice sunset
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The Cloonen Wedge Tomb on page 1 is on our land, got a surprise to see it gracing the pages of Boards
We've been working to remove the hazel and briars from the winterage, here's a before and after I said I'd put up, just out of interest. Brilliant thread btw, some very nice photos of places people wouldn't usually see
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Headed to the Eastern pap mountain recently, been on my mind for a while to check out the Cairn on top
Had been up that way with one of the lads who knew the existance of a track that was not on my gps
Safely parked, headed up the pathway recommended by a local sheep farmer
Found this on the way up
Approaching the summit, knew straight away the trek was going to be worth it
The cairn
Views were amazing, western pap a few short miles away, the lakes of Killarney and the Reeks
Kenmare bay in the distance to the south west
Android Photosphere 360 degree view from the summit
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Diverted to Knockatotaun portal tomb and Knocknashee cairns on the way home from Sligo yesterday
Knockatotaun portal tomb
Knocknashee Cairn 1, hill of the fairies,
Chamber at Knocknashee Cairn 1
Went in here to escape the thunderstorm, exit hole just big enough to get in, large capstone gave perfect cover from the rain, the top of the Cairn was ripped apart to reach the chamber, probably contained human remains from the neolithic era
Cairn no 2, hill of the fairies, some lakes in Co. Sligo in the distance
Ruins of Court Abbey, locals told me there is a tunnel connecting the abbey and Knocknashee, the abbey is well worth visiting and seems to be built in layers, there is a rath nearby but I didn't check it out
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A few from the last few weeks
Lisnagun standing stone, west Cork
Beenalaght 6 stone row north Cork, wish I had a JCB :-)
Gowlane stone circle, Bweeng north Cork
Standing stone at Derrynafinchin near Kilgarvan county Kerry
Achonry dolmen Sligo
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Weather's pulling in so decided to climb the more western of the paps on Thursday, has the reputation of being very boggy and swampy but was 99% dry on my attempt, had to approach by first climbing the eastern Pap,, was late setting out and happy to get back completely exhausted nearly 3hrs later, howling winds and the threat of rain didn't help.
Parked the bike way down there on the left of the photo
Lake below the eastern Pap
Cairn on the western Pap, first time here, climbed the eastern one earlier in the summer
Cairn on the eastern Pap as I returned from the western one
Views from close to these cairns make climbing the hills to get to them them more than worthwhile
Even with poor light
From the summit of the western Paps, lakes of Killarney to the right, the Reeks and Kenmare Bay to the left
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Rostellan dolmen today, opens to the east instead of the westerly sunset, no longer supported by its backstone, 2/3 of the dolmen is covered by water at full tide, access through the woods is awkward, you can walk along the shoreline when the tide is around half ways out, magic spot
Latitude: 51° 51′ 28.0″ N
Longitude: 8° 10′ 36.6″ W
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Behagullane Stone Row, east of Dunmanway in west Cork
Latitude: 51° 45' 28.76" N
Longitude: 9° 2' 54.17" W
There may be a stone circle close by but I couldn't find it, the terrain is dog rough, marshy too, will go back when it dries up a bit0 -
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View towards Lugnaquilla mountain over the ramparts of Brusselstown Ring hillfort, Co.Wicklow (W1027-018). The wall in the background (from the right) is modern, and was probably constructed with stone from the ramparts. The wall in the foreground is also thought to be later but it follows the course of the rampart and is constructed in a different style to the modern, adjacent walls.
A number of hut sites, field systems, and other features have been identified both within and outside the main enclosure. A second enclosing rampart encompassing Spinan's and Brusselstown hills was identified relatively recently, making this one of the largest hillfort complexes in Europe.
This annexed structure is probably a later Booley hut.
Remains of a linear feature within the enclosure. Probably remains of an early field fence.
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