http://www.megalithomania.com Ireland's most popular megalithic website en-gb megalithomania@megalithomania.com http://backend.userland.com/rss 600 http://www.megalithomania.com/graphics/rss_logo.gif http://www.megalithomania.com 144 30 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1610This is always a weird one to visit. Driving past all the big expensive cars in the hotel car park and then walking into the well-manicured garden to visit the monument is strange. The backdrop of hot ...<br><br>(0 Images Added)VisitSun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1984I was given directions to the stone from a nearby house and it was here that I was told that it is known local as [i]St. Patrick's Knee[/i], a common enough name for a bullaun stone. The directions we ...<br><br>(6 Images Added)VisitSun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1983I was surprised to see how well preserved this structure is as I walked past on the way to the nearby bullaun stone. So much so that I took a closer look when I passed it on the way back.

The moun ...<br><br>(3 Images Added)VisitSun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1982The cross marked near to the bullaun stone has gone. All that remains is a square, very modern-looking cross base that is about 80cm along each side and 20cm deep. ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1981This one really did take some finding. It isn't hidden away by anything - it's just on a lake beach that is strewn with large boulders. After walking past it and along the beach looking at every stone ...<br><br>(4 Images Added)VisitSun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1980I had just been to the nearby townland of Togherstown to look for a bullaun stone that is no longer in the spot it's supposed to be in and drove past this well as I was leaving. I thought I'd pop in i ...<br><br>(4 Images Added)VisitSat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1979This site is a must-see for anyone interested in megalithic monuments. The problem is that it's very hard to locate! This is because it is completely buried in peat. Without a GPS visitors will need l ...<br><br>(7 Images Added)VisitSat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1978When I finally found this tomb I was not surprised that I'd failed on two previous attempts. The official coordinates are 75m out and that's a long way in a pine plantation where you can only see 20m ...<br><br>(9 Images Added)VisitSat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1122Myself and Ken Williams came here to hunt for a piece of rock art that is supposed to be built into the wall right next to the tomb. After much searching up and down the wall I saw the edge of a large ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/671I've no new photos to add. This is because the site is now completely overgrown. Taking photos of a heap of brambles would have been too depressing. I did speak to the landowner, a really nice fella, ...<br><br>(0 Images Added)VisitSun, 25 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1977This could be my only visit to a stoney thing during May 08. I suppose it's fitting that it's a bullaun stone.

It took me ages to find this one. I walked back and forth along the road and up side s ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1976This rath is quite near to the east car park to the Cave Hill Country Park and not too far away from a landfill tip.

The banks are well defined and stand over 1m high and have an impressive 50m dia ...<br><br>(3 Images Added)VisitSun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1975This once mighty cairn has been reduced to a low bump on the hilltop. One side of it has been cut away to make room for the access road to the nearby aerials.

This is a site that is only worth visi ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1974This low, robbed away cairn is just above McArt's Fort on Cave Hill overlooking Belfast. Hundreds, if not thousands of people walk up to the fort each week, but but go beyond the fort and reach this c ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1973I walked here across the hill from the court tomb (see Browndod (County Antrim)). The stone is 2m tall and built into a field wall. It has a step on one side of it that is similar to many portal stone ...<br><br>(7 Images Added)VisitSun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1972This site isn't on the OS map and isn't visited as often as its more famous neighbour (which itself is hardly ever visited!)

From the road below it is hard to tell what is actually left, but it loo ...<br><br>(6 Images Added)VisitSun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1971As soon as I read about this site I just had to come here. With all my other trips to Antrim taking me to different areas I thought I'd never get here.

This is a special site. The cairn is 3m high ...<br><br>(7 Images Added)VisitSun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1970This mound is further down the slope that the other mound and you have to go further up the road to be able to see it.

Like its neighbour, it is 3m tall and 15m in diameter. This one also has a lar ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1969Although this mound is quite large it took some time to spot from the road due to the slope down to it and the hedgerow that runs alongside it.

The mound is over 3m tall and 15m in diameter and is ...<br><br>(2 Images Added)VisitSun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1968This is a pretty standing stone when viewed from the south side. It stands on the edge of a field overlooking a farmhouse, beneath two large trees. It is on the highest point in the area and would hav ...<br><br>(4 Images Added)Visit