
Ballymacdermot Court Tomb, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland


View of the gallery from the court

Underexposed – an Irish Photoblog

Ballymacdermot Court Tomb, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland


View of the gallery from the court

Clontygora Court Tomb, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland


Entrance to the gallery of Clontygora Court Tomb




Slemish Mountain, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland where Saint Patrick was enslaved as a shepherd for about six years (according to legend).

Slemish pilgrimage path – on Saint Patrick’s Day (17th March) people climb to the top of the mountain as a pilgrimage.

Fishing boat at Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

Garron Point, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. Kodak HIE infrared film

Legananny Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland


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

The other side of Legananny Cross Inscribed Standing Stone

Legananny Standing Stone to the right of the split hawthorn tree

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

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


Drumena Stone Fort or Dun, Co Down, Northern Ireland


One of two entrances of the T-shaped souterrain inside Drumena cashel

Goward Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland


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

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

A sheep in the Glenaan valley, Glens of Antrim, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ballintoy harbour, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

The ruin of Newtownstewart Castle, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Mass Altar, Mellon’s Glen, Killeter, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Stone cross at the Mass Altar in Mellon’s Glen


The steps at Magherakeel graveyard near the ruins of St. Caireall’s Church

Celtic Cross Headstones at Magherakeel Graveyard

Magherakeel graveyard, Killeter, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland

The two towers of Harry Avery’s Castle, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Named after (Henry Aimbreidh) O’Neill but built around 1320 by another member of the O’Neill clan

Dunnaman Court Tomb aka Massford Court Tomb, Co Down, Northern Ireland

The gallery of Dunnaman Court Tomb is all that remains


Kilkeel Dolmen aka The Crawtree Stone, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Kilfeaghan Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland

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

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

Detail of one of the stones that lie outside the circle

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

Detail of stones

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



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

Giant’s Causeway, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. Kodak HIE infrared film

Aird Snout – Giant’s Causeway. Kodak HIE infrared film


Causeway Coast in shades of grey

Causeway Coast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Duncarbit Standing Stones – strange symmetry

Duncarbit Standing Stones, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland




Loughmacrory Wedge Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland



A late Romanesque door framing some of the six stone figures in the church ruin. White Island, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

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

The 2 headed pagan statue in Caldragh graveyard


Carra Castle, Cushendun, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

14th century castle occupied by Shane O’Neill who imprisoned Sorely Boy McDonnell there in 1565


Layd/Layde Holed-stone Cross, Cushendall, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland



Kilcrue Cross, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Cross incised stone / Cross-carved pillar stone aka the Priest’s stone

Ballycleagh Standing Stones, Cushendun, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ballycleagh Standing Stone with Carra Castle in the background


Ticloy Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Glencloy, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland



Ticloy Dolmen with Slemish Mountain in the mist

Craigs (The Broadstone), Long Mountain, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland


The Maidens Standing Stones, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland




Sunset at Ossian’s Grave (Lubitavish Court Tomb), Co Antrim, Northern Ireland




Skerry West Standing Stone, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.



The sun sets on Skerry West Standing Stone

Tamybuck Wedge Tomb, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland


A pair of earthen concentric rings (dry outer and and water retentive inner for ancient ritual use). Portballintrae, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ballymacaldrack Court Cairn (aka Dooey’s Cairn), Co Antrim, Northern Ireland




Doagh Holestone, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland



Sunset on Donegore Hill through the hole in the holed stone

The setting sun through the hole in the holed stone
