Megalithomania - Latest Trip

Haroldstown (Portal Tomb)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

It's been a while since I was here and it seemed like a good monument to pick to test out my new 3D camera. Elizabeth, my daughter, was with me on this trip and it was good photographic practice for h ...

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St. Anne's Well (Holy Well)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The OS map has this village down as Killann, but the signs on the road clearly call it Killanna. The monument is clearly signposted at a nearby junction, but from there you're on your own. I took a ga ...

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Curraun (Standing Stone)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

What a fine spot to stand in! This stone stands on the southern foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains, on the extreme southern slopes of White Mountain. It is located in a field just off the road, so ...

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St. Mullins (High Cross)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This is a very sweet and petite high cross. The large sign at the entrance to the graveyard speculates that there were probably more on the site originally.

The 1.3m tall cross stands on a carved, ...

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St. Mullins (Round Tower)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

There is very little left of this round tower - just the bottom 1m remains. Judging by the thickness of the walls and the diameter of the inner area I don't think this could have been a very tall exam ...

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St. Mullins (Monastic Settlement)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Here at St Mullins there is a visitor centre that only opens on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Wednesday opening are from October-June only and the Saturday openings are from June-October onl ...

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St. Mullins (Motte)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Norman lord that build this motte and bailey clearly wanted to take power from the neighbouring monastic settlement, because he built the motte right outside the front gate. The location is such t ...

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St Moling's Well (Holy Well)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This is a well-kept holy well. At the rear of the small well house there is a reservoir pool, the bed of which is full of quartz blocks. Water weeds and other aquatic flora hide most of these, but you ...

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Templenaboe (Church)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This old church site lies at the side of the road on the edge of St Mullins and is only signposted right next to it.

Templenaboe means [i][b]Church of the Cows[/b][/i] and it was erected in honour ...

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Moone (High Cross)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

My daughter was with me today and, after getting lost on the newly opened stretch of the M9, we found ourselves near Moone. She has studied Moone high cross for her leaving cert, but never seen it, so ...

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Little Curragh Barrow Alignment (Barrow Cemetery)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As I was walking back to the car I took a small detour to see a modern monument in a field just of my direct path. This monument is a modern totem pole type post with a peace inscription and some ogha ...

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Little Curragh I (Barrow)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This barrow is situated in the centre of a large rath or ring fort, seemingly shoehorned in between two golf course greens. The central area is about 10m across and the bank and fosse is very clearly ...

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Little Curragh I (Ring Fort)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

I have rethought this monument since my visit and initial comment. I do not think that the outer bank is part of the central barrow, but that it is a large rath or ring fort built around it (or the ba ...

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Little Curragh II (Barrow)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As well as the many people visiting this monument it looks as if the army got here first. Well, somebody did! Of all the sites I visited today this is the only one that is seriously damaged (unless yo ...

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Little Curragh III (Barrow)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This is a good sized barrow that lies in the shadow of a massive modern military earthwork. The barrow is over 15m in diameter and has a well-defined bank and fosse. The fosse is over 1m across and ov ...

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Little Curragh IVb (Barrow)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The circumference of this barrow is not as well defined as its neighbour, but the remains are taller than the other. This allows it to be seen from the base of the ridge. It's a scruffy mound that has ...

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Little Curragh IV (Barrow)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This barrow and its neighbour occupy one of highest points in the area. They are located at the western end of a low ridge overlooking several of the larger barrows on the plain below. It also overloo ...

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Little Curragh Vc (Barrow)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Of all the small orbital barrows for Little Curragh V (County Kildare) this is perhaps the easiest to spot, but not the best of the bunch, because the fosse has become very boggy and is now full of st ...

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Little Curragh Vb (Barrow)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This is the better preserved of two small conjoined barrows. The shallow fosse is traceable for the whole circumference and the central area is slightly domed, but rises no more than 20cm above the s ...

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Little Curragh Va (Barrow)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This is a very ruined and small barrow that is conjoined to a much better small barrow. It is just possible to make out the western side of the ditch, which is very, very shallow. ...

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