
Ballyrenan Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Ballyrenan Portal Tombs are situated in an overgrown field by the Ballyrenan Rd just off the B84 at Baronscourt, Co Tyrone. The second tomb is hidden in the undergrowth

Underexposed – an Irish Photoblog

Ballyrenan Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Ballyrenan Portal Tombs are situated in an overgrown field by the Ballyrenan Rd just off the B84 at Baronscourt, Co Tyrone. The second tomb is hidden in the undergrowth

Ards Beg Portal Tomb, Ailt, Ardsbeg, Co Donegal



Link to previous visit here https://www.tonyoneill.org/2017/03/03/ards-beg-portal-tomb/

Haroldstown Portal Tomb, Co Carlow, Ireland





The remains of Carnaghan Portal Tomb aka Inch Island Portal Tomb, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland

Ballykeel Dolmen oil painting, 2019

Glenknock Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland


Crosh Portal Tomb, Co tyrone, Ireland



Malin More Portal Tombs, Co Donegal, Ireland



The large portal tomb viewed from the north

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

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



The Giant’s Griddle – Tawnatruffaun Dolmen, Co Sligo, Ireland





Clonlum South Megalithic Tomb, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland




Moneygashel Portal Tomb, Co Cavan, Ireland

Moneygashel Dolmen is located a short distance from Moneygashel Cashel


Scraghy Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland



The standing stone close to Scraghy Portal Tomb

Leitrim Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland


Dolmen of the Four Maols, Ballina, Co Mayo, Ireland

Drumanone Portal Tomb aka Tinnacarra Dolmen, Co Roscommon, Ireland





Aghnacliff Portal Tomb, Co Longford, Ireland
Also spelt Aughnacliff Portal Tomb or Aghnacliffe Portal Tomb

Cleenrah Dolmen aka Cleenrath, Aughnacliff, Co Longford, Ireland

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

The portal tomb viewed from the south (above)

…viewed from the south east (above)

… viewed from the east (above)

… viewed from the north east (above)

… viewed from the north (above)

and viewed from the north west (above)

Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland

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/




Goward Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland

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




Carnfadrig Portal Tomb, Ballywholan, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland



Cavan Burren Portal Tomb aka The Calf House, Co Cavan, Ireland



Cavan Burren Portal Tomb, Co Cavan, Ireland


Ballindoon Megalithic Tomb, Co Sligo, Ireland

Ards Beg (Ardsbeg) Portal Tomb, Co Donegal, Ireland


Scraghy Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland


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

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


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

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

Kilfeaghan Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Proleek Dolmen, Cooley Peninsula, Co Louth, Ireland




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



Ticloy Dolmen with Slemish Mountain in the mist

Craigs Lower Passage Tomb, Rasharkin, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland



The first Cloughananca joint portal tomb, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland


The large collapsed capstone of the second Cloughananca joint portal tomb

Glenroan Portal Tomb and in the background Barnes Gap

Glenroan Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

The Ruins of Glenroan Wedge Tomb

Malin More portal tomb, Co Donegal, Ireland


Malin More standing stone

Ballykeel Portal Tomb, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland

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

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