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: Dublin
1996-2
Our continuing adventures: Carole had to get back to Dublin, so we put her on the train in Abergavenny and moved on through South Wales to Somerset, and then to Devon and Cornwall. This meant crossing that dire Severn Bridge … Continue reading
Tagged Blind Fiddler, Boscawen Un, Brentor, Carn Euny, Dublin, Duloe stone circle, Exeter Cathedral, Hurlers, Land's End, Men An Tol, Merry Maidens, New Globe Theater, Pendeen Vau, Pipers, Sancreed, Scorhill, Severn Bridge, Spinster's Rock, St. Ives, St. Michael's Mount, Standing stones, Stone circles, Tintagel, Trethevy Quoit, Wells Cathedral
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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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1990-2
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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1991
In May I returned to Ireland. The trip began appropriately enough with Customs drama at the airport. But nothing could rain on my parade! Carole and Fidelma were there waiting for me. And after minimal fuss, all was well. I … Continue reading
Posted in 1991
Tagged Ballybrack, Beehive huts, Brown's Hill dolmen, Burren, Carrowkeel, Carrowmore, Court cairns, Creevykeel, Dingle, Drombeg, Drumanone, Dublin, Flaskagh More, Fungi, Kilmogue, Kiltiernan, Knocknarea, Labbacallee, Lough Gur, Maeve's Tomb, Newgrange, Poulnabrone, Ross Abbey, Skelligs, Yeats
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Welcome to my virtual photo album of big rocks! I have been fascinated by the idea of magical stones ever since seeing the film The Sword in the Stone as a kid. In college I read Mary Stewart’s books about … Continue reading
Tagged Carnac, Dublin, Hill of Tara, Menec, Stonehenge
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