Alignments Avebury Beehive huts Boyne Valley complex Burren Caer Camel Carrowkeel Carrowmore Craggaunowen Devil's Arrows Dingle Dolmens Dublin Five Fingers Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury Tor Glendalough Haroldstown dolmen Hill of Tara Kerzerho Kilmalkedar Knocknarea Knowth Lough Crew Lough Gur Mané Kerioned Menec Newgrange Passage tombs Piper's Stones Poulnabrone Rollright Stones Severn Bridge Silbury Hill Skelligs St. Ives St. Pierre Standing stones Stone circles Stonehenge Table des Marchands Tintagel Trethevy Quoit Wedge tombs Wells Cathedral
Tag Archives: Dolmens
Blather
Here please find background, anecdotes, explanations, and denials. Apologies for the bad photography I want to apologize for the many fuzzy, dark, and overexposed photos here. I had a really great camera (a Pentax) as well as some nice point-and-shoot … Continue reading
1993-2
Our continuing adventures in Brittany. Mané Er Hroech The entrance to this massive tumulus is modern. The mound itself is huge but was covered with bushes, shrubs, and undergrowth. Inside, the central chamber had no obvious entrance/exit and the ceiling … Continue reading
Tagged Alignments, Carnac, Colpo, Crucuno, Dolmens, Keriaval, Kerlescan, Kerlud, Kerzerho, Mané Er Hroech, Mané Groh, Mané Kerioned, Mané Lud, Mané Rethual, Mostoir, Passage tombs, Rondossec, Standing stones
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1990-5
Carole, Viveka, and I were in Dingle. We were looking for Dun Beg and jumped out to look at the astonishing view, when a friendly farmer stopped to chat with us. This was his advice: “The day is long, the … Continue reading
Posted in 1990
Tagged Ballyhickey, Beehive huts, Bunratty, Cloghane, Craggaunowen, Crom Dubh, Dingle, Dolmens, Dublin, Kilmalkedar, Lough Gur, Magh Adair, Ogham, Sheila-na-gig, St. Brendan, Standing stones, Stone circles
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1990-4
The next day, we drove back across South Wales to catch the ferry for Ireland. But instead we were detained and questioned for 8 hours, missed the ferry, and spent an extra night in Wales, thanks to that blurry photo … Continue reading
Posted in 1990
Tagged Boyne Valley complex, Carreg Coetan Arthur, Dolmens, Lough Crew, Newgrange, Passage tombs, Pentre Ifan, Severn Bridge, St Davids, Stonehenge
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1990-3
It was a three-day weekend, what they call a bank holiday weekend, and we were off to the ferry to Wales after work on Friday. This was when I learned about Fidelma’s talent for seasickness. I’d planned this trip to … Continue reading
Posted in 1990
Tagged Avebury, Caer Camel, Dolmens, Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury Tor, Old Sarum, Severn Bridge, Silbury Hill, Standing stones, Stone circles, Stonehenge, Tintern Abbey, Woodhenge
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1990-2
We headed south into County Wicklow for our next adventure. I saw my first sheila-na-gig at Baltinglass Abbey. You can often find pagan symbols hidden in these places. We figured they were hedging their bets, in case that Christianity thing … Continue reading
Posted in 1990
Tagged An Rath, Beehive huts, Burren, Cathair Bhaile Cinn Mhargaidh, Cathair Mhic Neachtain, Dingle, Dolmens, Druid's Chair, Dublin, Fassaroe, Gallarus, Glendalough, Haroldstown dolmen, Kilbride Military Camp, Kilnaboy, Leaba, Piper's Stones, Poulnabrone, Sheila-na-gig
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1992
We started out heading south to have a look around Waterford and Wexford, with a quick stop at Jerpoint Abbey on the way. There aren’t a lot of megaliths down there, but we saw some nice ones. Harristown passage tomb … Continue reading
Posted in 1992
Tagged Ballynageragh dolmen, Bohonaugh stone circle and dolmen, Boyne Valley complex, Castle Haven, Dingle, Dolmens, Dowth, Drishane, Dublin, Five Fingers, Gaulstown dolmen, Harristown passage tomb, Jerpoint Abbey, Kilbride church, Knockeen dolmen, Knowth, Matthewstown wedge tomb, Newgrange, Passage tombs, Reenascreena stone circle, Standing stones, Stone circles, Wedge tombs
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1993
This was it. This was a big deal. I was going to Carnac. I was going to see those alignments I’d read about in Mary Stewart’s books. The plan was to spend a few days in Dublin to see friends, … Continue reading
Tagged Alignments, Altar wedge tomb, Carnac, Dolmens, Dublin, Five Fingers, Gavrinis, Kercado, Kermario, Le Grand Menhir Brisé, Menec, Menhir de Champ Dolent, Mont St. Michel, Newgrange, Passage tombs, Petit Kermario, Proleek, Quiberon, St. Pierre, Standing stones, Table des Marchands, Three Castle Head, Tintagel, Toulvern
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What is a dolmen?
Dolmens are all over the place in western Europe, particularly in Ireland and England. You can see how they’re designed to look like a big table or a sheltered doorway or portal. Neolithic dolmens were usually (they think) tombs, with … Continue reading