
The “enchanted” path to Ballynoe Stone Circle

Ballynoe Stone Circle, Co Down, Northern Ireland




Underexposed – an Irish Photoblog

The “enchanted” path to Ballynoe Stone Circle

Ballynoe Stone Circle, Co Down, Northern Ireland




Reanascreena Stone Circle, Co Cork, Ireland

The Reanascreena Stone Circle consists of 12 stones

Kenmare Stone Circle, Kenmare, Co Kerry, Ireland

The circle is composed of 15 stones



The Boulder Burial at the center of the stone circle

Bohonagh Stone Circle, Rosscarbery, Co Cork, Ireland

The Bohonagh Stone Circle site is very overgrown


A boulder burial at the edge of the circle

Kealkill Stone Circle, Co Cork, Ireland

Kealkill Stone Circle and the two Standing Stones

Kealkill Stone Circle

Kealkill Standing Stones

Drombeg Stone Circle, Co Cork, Ireland



Drombeg has a north-east to south-west alignment, allowing for the setting sun marking the winter and summer solstices (from Heritage Ireland)

the axial stone

Breeny More Megaliths, Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland

Four Boulder-burials and the remains of a stone circle

The entrance stones at Breeny More Stone Circle

Breeny More four Boulder-burials with the stone circle portal stones

Athgreany Stone Circle (the Piper’s Stones), Co Wicklow, Ireland

The circle now consists of 14 stones with some of the original missing




Auglish/Aughlish Stone Circles, Derry, Northern Ireland

A series of 5 small stone circles and alignments in the foothills of the Sperrins


One of the alignments

Alignment stone

Showing the alignment

The largest of the circle stones

Same stone as above

Beltany Stone Circle, Raphoe, Co Donegal, Ireland

the Celtic festival of fertility known as Beltane is celebrated in early May and it is thought the circle takes its name from this festival



This is the cup marked triangle stone

The Standing Stone at the circle

Link to first visit – https://www.tonyoneill.org/2016/09/15/beltany-stone-circle/

Glebe stone circle (AKA Cong stone circle), Cong, Co Mayo, Ireland

One of four stone circles in the locality


Drumskinny stone circle, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Entrance to Drumskinny stone circle

Drumskinny cairn and stone circle



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

Uragh Stone Circle, Beara Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland



Drombeg Stone Circle, Co Cork, Ireland


The entrance to Drombeg Stone Circle, Co Cork, Ireland


Derreenataggart West Stone Circle, Co Cork, Ireland



Ardgroom Outward Stone Circle, Co Cork, Ireland



Clogherny Wedge Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

The Stone Circle surrounds the wedge tomb


Dun Ruadh Stone Circle, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

An inner stone circle with an outer cairn and split thorn tree in the center of the circle


Bocan Stone Circle, Culdaff, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland


Below are a couple more pics taken in 2019



Beltany Stone Circle, Raphoe, Co Donegal, Ireland

The standing stone southeast of Beltany Stone Circle

The name Beltany is thought to derive from Beltaine the Celtic festival of fertility



Grange Lios Stone Circle, Lough Gur, Co Limerick, Ireland

Grange Lios Stone Circle is the largest stone circle in Ireland

The entrance to Grange Lios Stone Circle


