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An Bhéillic standing stone west
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
An Bhéillic standing stone west submitted by GaelicLaird on 4th Jul 2021. Photo taken June 2021
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An Bhéillic wedge tomb
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
An Bhéillic wedge tomb submitted by GaelicLaird on 29th Jun 2021. A nice small tomb in reasonably good condition.
Photo taken June 2021.
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Barnagowlane West wedge tomb
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Barnagowlane West wedge tomb submitted by GaelicLaird on 1st Feb 2024. The three outer stones on the eastern side supporting the capstone.
Photo taken October 2023.
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Bealick Wedge Tomb
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bealick Wedge Tomb submitted by karolus on 12th May 2023. 2023
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Beenalaght
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Beenalaght submitted by KenWilliams on 15th Dec 2005. An Seisear, a very impressive row of stones located across a long field on the road from Coachford to Mallow. They are hard to spot now due to a pine plantation which the stones almost blend into when viewed from the road.
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Burrane Standing Stone
Date Added: 4th Jul 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 4
Burrane Standing Stone submitted by Klingon on 8th Apr 2005. This massive Standing Stone is a granitic rock with a quartzite top.
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Log Text: Beautiful tall stone, very wide and contains much white quartz. The southern side is mostly white quartz and tapers to a point around the stone's mid-height. The northern side rises to a peak and is quite flat with shooting of white quartz running vertically to the tallest tip. In a sheepfield but very close to a gate, there is an electric wire and the gate is by two fields separated by a hedge. The stone is on the right (eastern) side. There is a signpost further back on the road before the turn indicating this is locally called "Mass Rock".
Caherbaroul Pair
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Caherbaroul Pair submitted by KiwiJon on 7th Nov 2007. A pair of magnificent stones in a commanding position high above the valley. Each one must be at least 8 feet high. The nearby fort is visible for miles. There is also a tiny cross slab located a couple of hundred metres further downhill and up a short farm track to the right.
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Cailleach Beara
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cailleach Beara submitted by Runemage on 11th Mar 2011. I'd only just passed through the gate when my sandal broke after a few steps, so I continued barefoot. The atmosphere there that day was feminine, gentle and enfolding. It was of an intensity I've only experienced at a few other sites, Cailleach in her aspect of Mother, warm gentle and nurturing.
From the first sight of her, which is the view in this image, I could instantly see where the legend had arisen of her waiting on the shore for her lover Manannan Mac Lir to return. She does look like...
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Castlenalacht
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Castlenalacht submitted by KaiHofmann on 26th Oct 2012. Castlenalacht stone row
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Cloonshear Beg
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cloonshear Beg submitted by GaelicLaird on 19th Oct 2021. Photo taken September 2021
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Dowth Passage Grave
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2024
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Dowth Passage Grave submitted by jeffrep on 11th Aug 2009. South Entrance, Dowth Passage Tomb, County Meath, Ireland.
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Log Text: The mound is accessible by a gate marked with an OPW sign letting you into the sheepfield. There is an information sign past the gate. The mound remains half-excavated which caused the top to be left as a crater. Both passage entrances and modern entrance are locked. The southern passage's entrance stone remains with deep cupmarks carved into both sides. The two cupmarks on the outside face of the stone are quite uniformly round.
Drombeg Fulacht Fiadh and Hut
Date Added: 5th Jul 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Drombeg Fulacht Fiadh and Hut submitted by Klingon on 8th Apr 2005. Ancient settlement near the Drombeg Stone Circle.
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Log Text: Both the fulacht fiadh and the hut site are now outlines in the earth with partial stone walls, but the outlines of these spaces is undisturbed and clearly visible. There are numerous earthworks surrounding these two forming rings and ditches, though it is unclear if these are contemporary to the fulacht fiadh and the hut or modern earthworks. The fulacht fiadh was filled with rainwater and plucked daisies, which grow on the outer side of this site.
Drombeg Stone Circle
Date Added: 5th Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Drombeg Stone Circle submitted by GaelicLaird on 22nd Dec 2022. Winter solstice - 21 December 2022.
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Log Text: Incredible stone circle in excellent condition, part of a complex of sites in the immediate area. The view of the area is wide and stunning. Access is very easy, there is a carpark and a maintained walking path up to the site. There is a gate wide enough for a car likely for OPW use, but might be able to be used for easier disabled access via private car if arrangements are made with OPW ahead of time. Good informational signage at site giving context to both the stone circle and nearby cooking pit and hut sites.
Drombohilly Stone Circle
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 1
Drombohilly Stone Circle submitted by kenwilliams on 23rd Oct 2005. Drombohilly is a truly magnificent circle, though a visit is not for the faint hearted. After any spell of rain the terrain here is treacherous, barb-wire, slippery rock filled streams, shoe-sucking bog... Bring a trusted pair of wellingtons.
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Log Text: Very difficult to reach, surrounded by thorny juniper and sharp pines but if you're up for the trail it's absolutely gorgeous. The center has a large white quartz surrounded by smaller stones and one white oyster shell with two embedded pebbles. The portal stones stand tall though one leans at an angle. The axial stone is very squat and nearly hidden by the grass and juniper. All remaining standing stones (9 of 11) aside from the leaning portal stones are in perfect upright original positions. Surrounded by pines on all sides and only 1-2 of the stones are vaguely visible from the teeny tiny road off the 'main' road. Coordinates are exact.
Dromcarra N
Date Added: 26th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Dromcarra N submitted by GaelicLaird on 18th Oct 2021. The middle stone and the one to its right are decorated with small cup marks.
Photo taken September 2021.
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Dromroe
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Would like to visit
Dromroe submitted by ladrin on 14th May 2015. I think that public access is possible. Leave the car where the small pictograph of the Beara tourist trail is. Follow the path about 10 min. After the third or fourth ledder (anyway when you get to the large open pasture), leave the trail to the left.
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Farranaglogh
Date Added: 12th Jul 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Farranaglogh submitted by Gallain_Asters on 12th Jul 2024. Western side looking eastwards. The stone leans forward towards the west. Only this side has smaller stones at the base, possibly added for structural stability against the lean.
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Log Text: When I visited this standing stone I could not see the second collapsed stone nearby on the little hill the remaining one is on. The stone that is there is broad and thin with even, flat wide sides. It is leaning westward at a small angle but still freestanding. Stones are visible at the base on the west wide, no stones seen on the east side. The top of the stone is taller at the southern point. According to my GPS, the stone is aligned either 30° NNE from true north or 210° SSW depending on which direction it points in (looking from the shorter to taller peak is 210° SSW). The remaining stone is in a farmer's field about 100m west from the gate. The stone is at least 5 foot 7 inches tall.
Goirtin Na Coille standing stone (north)
Date Added: 6th Jul 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 4
Goirtin Na Coille standing stone (north) submitted by GaelicLaird on 4th Jun 2021. Photo taken June 2021
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Log Text: Very tall stone in same position as the previous log from 2021. Now beside a headstone and surrounded by farm equipment. Visible from the road at a bit of a distance if the owners are not around to ask permission.
Gortanimill
Date Added: 1st Jul 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Gortanimill submitted by chaika on 7th Jun 2016. Gortanimill stone circle stands beside road. Easy access through gate. View looking up to circle from gate. Fall 2015.
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Log Text: Beautiful site overlooking a great view. The site is very close to the road and right by a gate that can be parked at and opened easily (this gate is not the one at the junction but a little further up the single-car road). The stone circle is in a sheep field but go slow and they'll leave you be. The quartz stone in the middle is now in two pieces but the bottom remains rooted in place. A nice big circle with many of its stones still in their original upright position.
Hill of Tara
Date Added: 2nd Jul 2024
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hill Of Tara submitted by jeffrep on 21st Aug 2008. Mound of the Hostages from a distance. At Hill of Tara in County Meath north of of Dublin.
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Log Text: Plants are growing inside the Mound of the Hostage's passage all over the backstone. Receives morning light from the east. Gorgeous circular earthworks dominate the area.