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: Standing stones
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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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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1990-3
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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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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1990
This trip north into County Meath was my first adventure with Carole and Fidelma. We’d been working together for a couple weeks and I’d realized if I didn’t plan activities for the weekend, I would be very lonely during this … Continue reading
Posted in 1990
Tagged Boyne Valley complex, Dowth, Hill of Tara, Knowth, Mithras, Monasterboice, Newgrange, Passage tombs, Standing stones, Stonehenge
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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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1995
Both these trips were such a big deal for me. Well, they’re all a big deal, but both were so special. In March my very good pal and Olwen and I planned an ambitious itinerary that took us to see … Continue reading
Posted in 1995
Tagged Devil's Arrows, Haworth, Newgrange, Rollright Stones, Standing stones
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