Loughcrew Megalithic Complex

Loughcrew Megalithic Complex
Loughcrew Megalithic Complex, Co Meath, Ireland.

Cairn U, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex
Cairn U, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex

Cairn U, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex
Cairn U, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex

Cairn T, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex
Cairn T viewed from Cairn V, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex

The Hag's Chair, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex
The Hag’s Chair, Cairn T, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex

Cairn T, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex
The entrance to Cairn T which aligns to the Spring and Autumn Equinox

Inner chamber Cairn T, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex
The inner chamber Cairn T, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex


Rock art on the Equinox Stone in Cairn T, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex

Cairn U, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex
Rock Art in Cairn U, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex

Cairn T, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex
More rock art from Cairn T, Loughcrew Megalithic Complex

Newgrange Passage Tomb

Newgrange Passage Tomb
The ancient site of Newgrange Passage Tomb, Co Meath, Ireland. Kodak HIE infrared film

Newgrange Passage Tomb

Kerbstones, Newgrange Passage Tomb
The Kerbstones at Newgrange Passage Grave

Entrance to the chamber, Newgrange Passage Tomb
The entrance to the chamber aligned to sunrise on the the Winter Solstice – sunlight floods the chamber thru the opening above the entrance

Dunteige Wedge Tomb

Dunteige Wedge Tomb
Dunteige Wedge Tomb – The Giants Grave Wedge Tomb, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

The Giants Grave Wedge Tomb

Dunteige Wedge Tomb

Dunteige cross incised stone
The Mass Rock is an ancient cross incised stone where Catholic Mass was held during Penal Times. Dunteige Wedge Tomb in background

Legananny Standing Stone

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Legananny Standing Stone, Co Down, Northern Ireland. The pillar features an inscribed cross

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The other side of Legananny Cross Inscribed Standing Stone

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Legananny Standing Stone to the right of the split hawthorn tree

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

Ballynoe Stone Circle

The enchanted path
The enchanted path that leads to Ballynoe Stone Circle in County Down

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Ballynoe Stone Circle was built around 4000 years ago. The circle encloses a burial mound

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Detail of one of the stones that lie outside the circle

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Arc of stones at Ballynoe Stone Circle. The circle is around 35mts across

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Detail of stones

Giant’s Ring

Giant's Ring
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.

Boa Island Pagan Statues

Boa Island Statues
Two pagan statues in Caldragh graveyard on Boa Island on the north shore of Lower Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Boa Island Statues
The 2 headed pagan statue in Caldragh graveyard

Boa Island Statues