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The bronze age stone circle at Ardgroom on the Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Ireland.

Neolithic era megalithic cemetery in County Sligo, Ireland called the Carrowkeel tombs

Ancient, dating back to 3000 BCE, neolithic burial chambers and stone circles of Loughcrew Cairns with dramatic, dark sky in County Meath, Ireland

Ardgroom Stone Circle is a prehistoric monument located in County Cork, Ireland. It is one of the many stone circles scattered across the country and is situated on the Beara Peninsula. The circle consists of 11 stones, with a central stone standing slightly higher than the others.

Prehistoric Loughcrew Tomb complex of County Meath, Ireland

The king of Munster who once rules these lands had seven daughters and two sons. His rival was also a powerful clan chief and the time came when the king had to defend his land. One fateful day the army rode out to battle with the king and his two sons at the head of it. Although victorious, it came at a great cost, as both sons were killed in the fight. The army marched back to the castle, on route passing the ancient druids stone circle that had stood for millennia. The king dispatched a contingent of men to the sacred site and in his grief, he instructed them to push over two of the nine standing stones. This would forever commemorate his two fallen sons. The seven sisters remain standing to this day….

The Kilclooney Dolmen. Ireland. County Donegal

$A dolmen is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more vertical megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or \$

Avebury West Kennet Long barrow neolithic burial chamber exterior view

The remains of a circular early medieval ring fort or rath, near Ardgroom, County Cork, Ireland.

Ancient boulders, covered in lichen, in front of the historic Loughcrew passage tomb site in County Meath, Ireland.

Kilclooney Dolmen is a Neolithic portal tomb located in County Donegal, Ireland. It is one of the finest examples of a portal tomb in Ireland and is estimated to be around 4000 to 4500 years old. The dolmen consists of a large capstone supported by three upright stones, creating a chamber that would have been used for burial purposes.

Tomb in the Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, County Sligo, Ireland. It is one of the most important megalithic complexes in the country.

A detail of a classic dry stone wall along a country road in Ireland.

celtic culture and heritage sites with historical relics in Ireland

Kerzérho is a set of neolithic alignments in the commune of Erdeven, in the region of Morbihan Brittany, France. It lies approximately 8 km northwest of Carnac.

megalithic burial mound knowth Drogheda County Meath Ireland

Photo of burial mound - Eshoej - from the bronze age located in Jutland, Denmark, a late summer / early autumn taken by a Medium Format camera

Ancient megalithic portal tomb

Scenic view of Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery with meadow on a cloudy summer day. Photo taken August 1995, Carrowmoreknock, Co. Galway, Ireland.

Ancient portal dolmen, megalithic tomb, The Burren, Country Clare, Republic of Ireland.

archaeological site of prehistoric stone circle of stone circle of Carrowmore in county Mayo, Republik of Ireland

Knockbrack tomb Galway Ireland Aerial view

One of the cairns at Carrowkeel megalithic graveyard in County Sligo, Ireland

An old stone wall near the ocean on the west coast of Ireland on a sunny day

Large pile of small rocks on a huge rock in Ireland

Two big boulders by the roadside in the English lake District not far from Ambleside, United Kingdom.

Standing Stone Row Waterville on the Ring of Kerry. A magnificent 1900 BC Megalithic tomb of four stones. County Kerry, Ireland

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