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Gurteen stone circle
Date Added: 6th Dec 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2015. My rating: Condition 3
Gurteen stone circle submitted by BrethynDa on 28th Aug 2002. Gurteen Stone Circle
SW of Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry. Portal stones at NW. Accessible by foot after a 10-minute drive from Kilgarvan. Ask for directions at O'Suilleabhain's Pub in the village.
Note to visitors: if you find yourself in a farmyard with three ferocious dogs, you've gone too far. Go back down the hill and look for the metal gate on the right. The circle is on a small hill beyond the gate.
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Log Text: Site was re visited three years after my first visit in order to record GPS co ordinates with a Garmin Glo device. The location at the circle centre is :-
51.87215,-9.44516
Gurteen Standing Stone
Date Added: 6th Dec 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Gurteen Standing Stone submitted by frogcottage42 on 21st Feb 2010. From the North West the true scale of this is not obvious but that is more reason to visit it !
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Log Text: Went right up to the stone on this visit to record GPS location accurately. This was recorded with a Garmin Glo device. The stone location co-ords recorded are
51.87036,-9.44636
Grime's Graves Flint Mines
Date Added: 1st Oct 2015
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Grime's Graves Flint Mines submitted by Thorgrim on 8th Jun 2004. Galleries radiate out from the bottom of the mine shaft in search of the top quality "floorstone" flint. They are only two or three feet high and would have been a tight squeeze
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Log Text: A great experience. One shaft is open to the public at certain times. Check online for details.
Don the provided hard hat and decend the shaft to view side shafts and artefacts. The surrounding area, with other shafts, either marked or filled, can we rambled on at leasure throughout the year.
Coomanore South
Date Added: 28th Sep 2015
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Coomanore South submitted by kith on 27th Sep 2015. Coomanore South
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Log Text: I know this site well and am pleased to see it here as it is my first new site addition to Megalithic Portal. Condition is somewhere between 2 and 3. A steep climb up from Bantry Riding (excellent riding centre) but well worth it. The views across Bantry Bay are superb and a climb to the top is well worth it too, if you still have the energy!
Derrynafinchin
Date Added: 24th Sep 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 8th Dec 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Derrynafinchin submitted by frogcottage42 on 4th Mar 2010. This is actually a very complete circle, it is so close to the road that two stones have been uprooted and dropped into the circle to allow traffic to pass!
A fence bisects the site and the other stones are hidden in the gorse.
There is parking nearby
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Log Text: I pass close by frequently. Always give acknowledgement to it. A pity it is so close to the tared road and that the gorse encroaches so much. A lovely drive across the mountains from Kilgarvan though.
Coom Wedge Tomb
Date Added: 24th Sep 2015
Site Type: Wedge Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Coom Wedge Tomb submitted by SacredCow on 22nd Nov 2009. This is the Coom Wedge Tomb from a different angle.
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Log Text: Easily found and accessed by walking from road about 150m across the field. Superb setting. Well preserved example of its type. Need to return to photograph and record sat nav location.
Coolcoulaghta
Date Added: 22nd Sep 2015
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Coolcoulaghta submitted by Klingon on 8th Apr 2005. Pair of Standing Stones in County Cork. Height: 2.5 m
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Gorteanish
Date Added: 22nd Sep 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Gorteanish submitted by frogcottage42 on 9th May 2010. From the SE.
The stone in the right foreground has fallen toward the camera, the two portals at right by the gorse have fallen inward as has the large squarish stone at the centre rear.
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Blocc and Bluigne
Date Added: 22nd Sep 2015
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Blocc and Bluigne submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. These two stones are inside the churchyard at the Hill of Tara.
Obviously they pre-date the church. Strange that they allowed pagan stones to remain within their hallowed grounds?
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Uragh NE
Date Added: 21st Sep 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Uragh NE submitted by Caramia on 1st Jul 2003. This picture was taken at Uragh NE, County Kerry
Ireland on May 1. I was visiting from California
leading a photo/culture tour of SW Ireland.
Spectacular setting, magnificent moment.
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Uragh SW
Date Added: 21st Sep 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Uragh SW submitted by KenWilliams on 13th Feb 2007. This is a wonderful little circle, though large compared to Uragh NE. Situated on a small terrace enclosed by trees and outcrops it feels very private and there are evidently frequent gatherings by people lighting fires in the middle of the circle. Not easy to find, bloody awful to get back to the car from in the dark...
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Uragh North
Date Added: 21st Sep 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Uragh North submitted by frogcottage42 on 1st Mar 2010. The low stone in the centre foreground is the original axial stone and the Western portal stone is visible in the middle of the group
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Drombeg Fulacht Fiadh and Hut
Date Added: 21st Sep 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Drombeg Fulacht Fiadh and Hut submitted by Klingon on 8th Apr 2005. Ancient settlement near the Drombeg Stone Circle.
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Drombeg Stone Circle
Date Added: 21st Sep 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Drombeg Stone Circle submitted by KenWilliams on 21st Feb 2006. Daybreak at Drombeg, 7.53am 21/2/06
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Hill of Tara
Date Added: 20th Sep 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes. 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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Rath Lugh
Date Added: 20th Sep 2015
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2007. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 1
Rath Lugh submitted by Andy B on 23rd Mar 2008. Rath Lugh is listed as a promontory fort. It is clearly a very massive and impressive monument, built onto a natural feature. As well as giant rings, the hill also appears to contain a mound, possibly a motte or passage-tomb.
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Log Text: Site deliberately destroyed to built the M3 motorway. Many outlying sites lost too.
Loughcrew Cairn L
Date Added: 20th Sep 2015
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Loughcrew Cairn L submitted by eforrest25 on 27th Dec 2008. Site in Co. Meath: Loughcrew Cairn L as seen from the path coming down from Cairn T. The entrance was vividly illuminated in the sunlight.
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Lia Fail
Date Added: 20th Sep 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Lia Fail submitted by dodomad on 1st Jun 2014. The Lia Fáil stone on the world famous Hill of Tara was badly vandalised in May 2014. During the incident, two tins of thick gloss paint were poured over the stone.
Image copyright Neil Jackman from Tima Travel Ireland, used with permission.
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Newgrange
Date Added: 20th Sep 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Newgrange submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. Entry at Newgrange showing massive carved stone which once blocked the entry. Not shown are the tourists who in Summer would queue for up to an hour to be taken through the tomb!
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Newgrange Stone Circle
Date Added: 20th Sep 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Newgrange Stone Circle submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Oct 2004. Remains of the Newgrange stone circle at the south of the Cairn.
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