Kilclooney More Dolmen

Not the famous one that’s a bit further north up the R261 but a small portal tomb surrounded by reeds
Kilclooney More Dolmen

“Other” Kilclooney More Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Co Donegal, Ireland

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb

Kilclooney More Dolmen revisited

Kilclooney More Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Co Donegal, Ireland
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The portal tomb viewed from the south (above)

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…viewed from the south east (above)

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… viewed from the east (above)

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… viewed from the north east (above)

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… viewed from the north (above)

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and viewed from the north west (above)

Poulnabrone Dolmen, revisited

Poulnabrone Portal Tomb
Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland

Poulnabrone Portal Tomb
I photographed Poulnabrone 25 years earlier on film and when there was no rope barrier – you can see the results here https://www.tonyoneill.org/2016/12/04/poulnabrone-dolmen/

Poulnabrone Portal Tomb

Poulnabrone Dolmen

Poulnabrone Dolmen

Goward Dolmen revisited

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Goward Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland

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I photographed this a year earlier and later in the season (I think more successfully) anyway this time the grass was cut so there’s more structure visible and also two contre-jour images

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Wateresk Dolmen

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Wateresk Dolmen (Slidderyford Dolmen). Co Down, Northern Ireland

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Wateresk Dolmen (Slidderyford Dolmen) with the mountains of Mourne in the background

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Goward Dolmen

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Goward Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland

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Goward Dolmen has a huge cap stone said to weigh 50 ton

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Goward Dolmen known locally as Pat Kearney’s Big Stone after a local who lived in a cottage behind the dolmen

Giant’s Ring

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The Giant’s Ring at Ballynahatty showing the passage grave near its centre. Ballynahatty, Belfast, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Giant's Ring

Giant's Ring

Giant's Ring
The henge monument at Ballynahatty (the Giant’s Ring) – is roughly 180m across with a neolithic passage grave near the centre.

Ballykeel Dolmen

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Ballykeel Portal Tomb, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland

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Ballykeel Portal Tomb, located within the Ring of Gullion in south Armagh

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Ballykeel Dolmen, known locally as the ‘Hag’s Chair’

Ballykeel Dolmen

Kilclooney More Dolmen

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb

Kilclooney More Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Co Donegal, Ireland

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Kilclooney More Dolmen built more than 4000 years ago

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Kilclooney More Portal Tomb

Beside Kilclooney More dolmen are the remains of a smaller tomb

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Kilclooney More Portal Tomb colour photograph and Infrared photograph from same perspective

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb