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Munster/an Mhumhain West trail
Dromagorteen Stone Circle, Kenmare Stone Circle, Staigue Stone Fort, Caherdaniel Stone Fort, Caherdaniel Standing Stone, Eightercua Stone Row, Coom Wedge Tomb, Skellig Michael/Sceilig Mhichil Monastery, Cahergal Stone Fort, Leacanabuaile Stone Fort, Parkavonear Castle, Ross Castle/Caisleán Rois, Kinard East Ogham Stone, Ballintaggart Ogham Stones, Kilfountain Cross Slab, Kilfountain Standing Stone, Colaiste Ide Ogham Stones, Kilcolman Cross Ogham Stone, Dunbeg Stone Fort, Cathair na gConchuireach Stone Fort, Gallarus Oratory and Kilmalkedar Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Dromagorteen Stone Circle
This is a good site to visit and made up of thirteen stones, with a central boulder burial. It is positioned in regard to astronomical and ceremonial importance. More on Dromagorteen Stone Circle
Kenmare Stone Circle
This is a boulder burial with large seven ton capstone supported by a number of stones and surrounded by fifteen stones. More on Kenmare Stone Circle
Staigue Stone Fort
This restored stone fort with walls reaching about five and half metres in height in places and four meters thick at it's base. It encloses an area of about 27 metres in diameter and surrounded by a wide ditch. Within the structure are passages and stairways. More on Staigue Stone Fort
Caherdaniel Stone Fort
The remains of two Stone Forts west from castlecove and close together off the N70 and south of Caherdaniel West. More on Caherdaniel Stone Fort
Caherdaniel Standing Stone
This is an Ogham Stone which is southwest of the Caherdaniel Stone Forts south of the N70 and off a minor road east from Darrynane More. More on Caherdaniel Standing Stone
Eightercua Stone Row
This stone row stretches over 25 metres in length with the tallest stone being about ten feet in height. More on Eightercua Stone Row
Coom Wedge Tomb
This wedge tomb is covered by a large capstone of about three metres long supported by slabs and uncovered stones at the entrance. More on Coom Wedge Tomb
Skellig Michael/Sceilig Mhichil Monastery
This Gaelic monastery dates back to the early seventh century. It stands high on this island rock in the Atlantic Ocean about nine miles from the Iveragh peninsula County Kerry coast. More on Skellig Michael/Sceilig Mhichil Monastery
Cahergal Stone Fort
This is a stone fort about eighty feet in diameter and with stone walls over twelve feet high and over fourteen feet thick in places. The site is located north of Caherciveen and the N70 and west of Castlequin off a minor road towards Kimego West. More on Cahergal Stone Fort
Leacanabuaile Stone Fort
This is a Stone Fort located on a rocky outcrop and is surrounded by a dry stone wall. The remains of terraces and huts and other structures including a souterrain are on the site. More on Leacanabuaile Stone Fort
Parkavonear Castle
This site is in a square enclosure within a moat and is the ruins of a thirteenth century Anglo-Norman cylindrically shaped castle. The two storeys that remain are joined by a staircase within the wall and the first floor has the remains of a fireplace. More on Parkavonear Castle
Ross Castle/Caisleán Rois
This is a castle built in the late fifteenth century and is the ancestral home of the O'Donoghu clan. More on Ross Castle/Caisleán Rois
Kinard East Ogham Stone
Kinard East Ogham Stone has a carving and an inscription reading Moriani. More on Kinard East Ogham Stone
Ballintaggart Ogham Stones
These are a group of nine stones, eight of which surround the ninth. Five of the stones have carvings and inscriptions. More on Ballintaggart Ogham Stones
Kilfountain Cross Slab
Continue west through An Daingean and then northwest along the R559. The site is located east off the R559 taking a minor road north of Ballinabooly off the road towards Knockavrogeen East. The stone has an ogham inscription and the name of St Fintan and a Greek cross carved on it.
Kilfountain Standing Stone
This is a decorated stone with the inscription of Saint Finten. It is north of Ballinabooly and the kilfountain Cross Slab off the road towards Knockavrogeen East.
Colaiste Ide Ogham Stones
Returning south to the R559 and then west on the road from An Daingean to Ventry is a set of five standing Ogham stones and two pulvinar stones and a small bulluan stone. The stones have been collected together from other sites and are located at Colaiste Ide Irish speaking school southeast of the R559 east from Burnham West.
Kilcolman Cross Ogham Stone
This is an early Christian sculptured stone in an enclosed earthenwork site. It is inscribed in Ogham with 'ANM COLMAN AILITHIR'. Continue west from Colaiste Ide. The site is north of the R559, off a minor road north of Ventry at Maumanorig, in the Dingle peninsula.
Dunbeg Stone Fort
This is a stone fort situated on a headland with a large and restored defensive wall facing inland with lintelled entrance. The site has defensive ditches and inside terraces and a souterrain and within the fort is the remains of a circular hut. More on Dunbeg Stone Fort
Cathair na gConchuireach Stone Fort
There are five Beehive Huts/Clochán on this site. More Cathair na gConchuireach Stone Fort
Gallarus Oratory
This site dates back to the eighth and possibly sixth century and is an expertly built stone structure using the architectural technique of corbeling in the shape of an upturned boat measuring fifteen feet by ten feet with a narrow door and small window. More Gallarus Oratory
Kilmalkedar Early Christian Sculptured Stone
This is located at the site of the monastery founded in the seventh century by St Maolcethair. The stone has pre and sixth century Latin inscriptions and carved cross. More Kilmalkedar Early Christian Sculptured Stone.