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A few Megaliths from last weekend. 800PX PHOTO THREAD!
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This is very near me, got drenched walking through fields this morning at sunrise (despite the very dry spell here !).
PM for location please.
edit : apologies currently re-uploading the pics in case they are not visible
standing stone (1 of 1)-37 by Anne L., on Flickr
standing stone (1 of 1)-45 by Anne L., on Flickr
standing stone (1 of 1)-42 by Anne L., on Flickr
standing stone (1 of 1)-40 by Anne L., on Flickr
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A feature of note are the two quartz veins running parallel, one at the bottom of the stone, the other exposed at the very top. It's well worn now of course, but it must have been pretty striking initially.
standing stone (1 of 1)-47 by Anne L., on Flickr
standing stone (1 of 1)-48 by Anne L., on Flickr
standing stone (1 of 1)-50 by Anne L., on Flickr 0 -
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A few images from my visit to Athgreany, Co.Wicklow, and Broadleas Commons, Co.Kildare. It's been many years since I last saw the stone circles at both these sites which lie less than 5 kilometres from each other.
'The Piper's Stones', Athgreany stone circle, Co.Wicklow
Of the sixteen granite stones at the site today (John O'Donovan recorded twenty-nine stones in the circle in 1841) only five are in situ, five more are recumbent (but likely to be close to their original positions), three others have been displaced while two smaller stones would not appear to have belonged to the circle originally.
One of the in situ standing stones with Slievecorragh in the background:
One scholar has suggested that the standing stones may have alternated from rectangular to oval in shape around the circle as in the examples below:
A large granite outlier 'the Piper', lies approximately 40 metres to the NE of the circle. According to the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' this outlier is a glacial erratic, and unlikely to have been deliberately placed there:
The top of this outlier has two long, deep grooves running at right angles to each other looking reminiscent of a cross; there are several large cupmarks on the top surface of this stone too. A recumbent stone in the SE part of the circle also bears a curious 'groove', and the grooves on both these stones appear not to be entirely natural.
One of the grooves on 'the Piper':
The groove on the recumbent stone in the SE part of the circle:
'The Piper's Stones', Broadleas Commons, Co.Kildare
This Bronze age stone circle lies less than 5 kilometres north of the stone circle at Athgreany (just off the N81 for Blessington, on the Ballymore Eustace road - R411: http://binged.it/1UwE2hp) and it too is known as 'The Piper's Stones'. It is an almost continuous circle of asymmetrical boulders, the vast majority of which are granite.
This stone circle has a certain charm with mature trees growing in between some of the stones, and one granite stone has even been split in two by a Holly:
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Wow missed this post from 2012 first time around, stunning! I am heading there ASAP.GhostInTheRuins wrote: »Thanks Mountainsandh, I'm glad someone likes them!
I'm glad you bumped the thread as well, I keep forgetting to throw some pics into it,
A couple more from Loughcrew, hopefully I didn't put these up already.
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Hi Bogman, Im trying to map this as I pass through the area a lot but I keep getting those coordinates to show in the sea east of London, are the coordinates right? Google has plenty of images of the tomb but no proper directions to it.Doorus wedge tomb near Kinvarra County Galway, weather has been kind recently
53.09.09.2 N
08.58.21.4 W
Also all your images in this thread except the last couple are dead so a big loss there, Imgur is really the only image host you can trust long term.
EDIT: Nevermind, on the phone Google Maps shows them there, on the laptop it shows up fine, Ive cycled past there on my bike and never knew it was in over the wall...0 -
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Kilgowan standing stone, Co.Kildare
I've passed by this standing stone more times than I can remember on my way down the R448 to Castledermot, and until now, had never stopped to take a closer look. At first glance it looks like the standing stone is sitting on top of a large man-made mound, but the "mound" is in fact the northerly end of a quarried away esker. This is more or less what you see from the side of the road:
Approaching the standing stone, I could see what looked like an engraving on its SW face, and got a little excited thinking it ancient rock art, but no, it was a rather weathered looking cross:
The stone itself is granite and stands 2.3 metres tall. If not an erratic, it may have been deliberately brought from the Wicklow mountains which lie not far to the east. The view from this low mound is panoramic and very beautiful, and it's not difficult to understand why the prehistoric peoples placed the stone there originally. In the image below one can see the Wicklow mountains on the horizon to the east; the mountain left of the standing stone is Lugnaquilla, Leinster's highest peak, and the mountain to the right is Keadeen:
Brewel hill lies 2.5 kilometres south of Kilgowan standing stone (see below). The conifer trees at its summit surround a prehistoric stone circle, and both the stone circle and trees are surrounded by a circular enclosure which is believed to be a henge monument. A possible cursus monument was discovered on the opposite side of this hill in recent years.
Incidentally, it is believed that one of two priests, a Fr.Lawlor or Fr.Cummins, who both lived close to Kilgowan crossroads in the 19th Century, may have been responsible for the engraving of the cross on the standing stone.0 -
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The west recess:
Passage orthostat rock art:
Rock art on the roof slab in the west recess:
Members of the public often use chalk and crayons to outline the engravings which can cause unnecessary wear to the rock art.
Rock art in the north recess:
An engraving on the rear stone in the west recess:
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