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 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/293I ventured over to this stone today, because today there was no risk of me being blown off the summit. This is a curious, curious stone and there are several others around it. From a distance these ot ...<br><br>(4 Images Added)VisitSat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/292The last time I was up here it was really cloudy. The first time I made the climb I nearly got blown of the top. This time the weather was wonderful!

The climb from the west is getting harder, beca ...<br><br>(14 Images Added)VisitSun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1998This is a real disappointment. I'm not sure that this is a bullaun stone at all. It has been set into an area of gravel alongside the road and it looks as if it has been set very low, because it is al ...<br><br>(3 Images Added)VisitSun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1997There are two bullauns at this site, but they don't really need to be split into two entries, because the one is probably a later mini-font. This is just a very small stone with a single bullaun at it ...<br><br>(3 Images Added)VisitSun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1996This single bullaun sits in the corner of the enclosure around the well. It seems to have been forgotten amongst the modern stone setting at the other end of the area.

The boulder is 1m across and ...<br><br>(3 Images Added)VisitSun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1995The well is now marked as St. Anthony's Well, but the 1830s OS maps show a different name. The site is very well kept and has good access, which was a pleasant surprise, because so often you have to f ...<br><br>(5 Images Added)VisitSun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1994I noticed this rath from the main road to the west as I driving along and so took a quick diversion of take a look. It looked a good example from a distance. I didn't go into the field, but looked at ...<br><br>(1 Image Added)VisitSun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1993This barrow sits at the corner of a field next to a farm track and can be seen from the gate at the road. It is about 2m high and 8m in diameter.

Its location makes it quite uninspiring. If it was ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1992I'm sure most people know I love a good portal tomb and this is a good portal tomb. Admittedly, it's not in great shape, but it looks as though it has a more recent history in the same way that The Ca ...<br><br>(7 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1991I was quite excited when I saw the roadside signpost to the cashel. We were heading for the cashel in this townland that has a sweathouse in it. The one that is signposted is not that one, but a diffe ...<br><br>(9 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1018Uta's never seen a sweathouse before, so it seemed logical to stop here while we were so close. I was surprised that there is a sign at the end of the road saying 'Sweathouse'. So, I was even more sur ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1990I'm really not sure about this one, but if the other Burren monument is actually a boulder burial then this could be, too.

The large eratic stone that once stood on the limestone plynth has been ti ...<br><br>(3 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1989This stone stands just 10m from the ring-marked stone that is signposted from the track. I don't think that this one has been recorded before, but I may be wrong. The marking are very, very faint and ...<br><br>(1 Image Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1988This one was rediscovered quite recently when a thick layer of peat was removed from the top of the stone.

The flat-topped boulder is an eratic that stands on a plynth of limestone. Towards one end ...<br><br>(4 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1013This is the first time I've visited this monument on a nice sunny day and it makes a big difference. The strong light coming through the trees makes photography hard, but the effect on the glade is fa ...<br><br>(4 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1015This is still a great monument to visit. Its reuse as a shed just adds to it appeal and quirkiness.

This seems to be a common thing around here as we found out when we visited the portal tomb at M ...<br><br>(7 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1721Today the sun was shining making the scene very pretty with the dappled light coming through the trees onto the stones, but a pain to photograph because of the heavy contrast.

Sites like this are b ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1987This is why there is a cairn marked on the OS map. When I visited the wedge tomb on the top of this hill I thought that was it, but now I realise that there are two monuments here: the wedge tomb and ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1720I'm still not 100% sure about the classification of this as a boulder burial, but I did encounter another site in the forest here that could be another example of a glacial eratic used as a boulder bu ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1986This panel is a bit less obvious than its neighbour, but is easy to find when you know it's there. From the other panel face uphill and slightly to you left - this carving is on the largest stone that ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)Visit