http://www.megalithomania.com Ireland's most popular megalithic website en-gb megalithomania@megalithomania.com http://backend.userland.com/rss 600 http://www.megalithomania.com/graphics/rss_logo.gif http://www.megalithomania.com 144 30 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2170Of all the monuments we visited today this is the best. The 33m long, 14m wide trapezoidal cairn can still be traced. The gallery is in fairly good condition and the court is almost complete.

The g ...<br><br>(15 Images Added)VisitSun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2169This is a huge court tomb, but sadly it is much hidden by scrub trees. The area where the court is is exposed, but full of cairn material. The cairn remains to a height of 1.6m and there are two expos ...<br><br>(4 Images Added)VisitSun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2168It's strange how two monuments that are so close together can have been treated so differently. The wedge tomb at Calliagh (County Monaghan) is visible from this site, which is on the opposite side of ...<br><br>(5 Images Added)VisitSun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2167It is wonderful when you come across a really good monument and this certainly falls into that category. The location is just wonderful, on the top of a high drumlin overlooking fields and two small l ...<br><br>(15 Images Added)VisitSun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2166I don't think I actually found the site of this monument, but I think I found some stray stones from it that had been reused in a field boundary not far from the site. The area around the coordinates ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2165This ruined court tomb is located in the depths of Rossmore Forest Park, just southwest of Monaghan town. The forest park is a delight walk around, but the tomb is a bit of a disappointment. It is men ...<br><br>(6 Images Added)VisitSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/10It's been a while since I was here and it seemed like a good monument to pick to test out my new 3D camera. Elizabeth, my daughter, was with me on this trip and it was good photographic practice for h ...<br><br>(17 Images Added)VisitSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2164The OS map has this village down as Killann, but the signs on the road clearly call it Killanna. The monument is clearly signposted at a nearby junction, but from there you're on your own. I took a ga ...<br><br>(4 Images Added)VisitSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2163What a fine spot to stand in! This stone stands on the southern foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains, on the extreme southern slopes of White Mountain. It is located in a field just off the road, so ...<br><br>(7 Images Added)VisitSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2162This is a very sweet and petite high cross. The large sign at the entrance to the graveyard speculates that there were probably more on the site originally.

The 1.3m tall cross stands on a carved, ...<br><br>(5 Images Added)VisitSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2161There is very little left of this round tower - just the bottom 1m remains. Judging by the thickness of the walls and the diameter of the inner area I don't think this could have been a very tall exam ...<br><br>(3 Images Added)VisitSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2160Here at St Mullins there is a visitor centre that only opens on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Wednesday opening are from October-June only and the Saturday openings are from June-October onl ...<br><br>(11 Images Added)VisitSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2159The Norman lord that build this motte and bailey clearly wanted to take power from the neighbouring monastic settlement, because he built the motte right outside the front gate. The location is such t ...<br><br>(3 Images Added)VisitSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2158This is a well-kept holy well. At the rear of the small well house there is a reservoir pool, the bed of which is full of quartz blocks. Water weeds and other aquatic flora hide most of these, but you ...<br><br>(5 Images Added)VisitSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2157This old church site lies at the side of the road on the edge of St Mullins and is only signposted right next to it.

Templenaboe means [i][b]Church of the Cows[/b][/i] and it was erected in honour ...<br><br>(4 Images Added)VisitSun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/289My daughter was with me today and, after getting lost on the newly opened stretch of the M9, we found ourselves near Moone. She has studied Moone high cross for her leaving cert, but never seen it, so ...<br><br>(7 Images Added)VisitSun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2156As I was walking back to the car I took a small detour to see a modern monument in a field just of my direct path. This monument is a modern totem pole type post with a peace inscription and some ogha ...<br><br>(7 Images Added)VisitSun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2155This barrow is situated in the centre of a large rath or ring fort, seemingly shoehorned in between two golf course greens. The central area is about 10m across and the bank and fosse is very clearly ...<br><br>(12 Images Added)VisitSun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2154I have rethought this monument since my visit and initial comment. I do not think that the outer bank is part of the central barrow, but that it is a large rath or ring fort built around it (or the ba ...<br><br>(5 Images Added)VisitSun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2153As well as the many people visiting this monument it looks as if the army got here first. Well, somebody did! Of all the sites I visited today this is the only one that is seriously damaged (unless yo ...<br><br>(5 Images Added)Visit