... are both mysterious and beautiful. One such is the Maiden Stone, also known as the Drumdurno Stone close to the village of Chapel of Garioch near Inverurie (Scottish ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 10 2017 - 2:42pm
... Douglas MacQueen's blog A Pictish standing stone with unique carvings has been discovered in an old burial ground near ... in the Highlands of Scotland. The 1,200-year-old standing stone has carvings never before seen on a Pictish stone. The discovery of the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 18 2019 - 12:26pm
Dromargorteen Stone Circle is in Bonane Heritage Park. This is situated between the town of Kenmare (Irish: An Neidín) in the south of County Kerry, Ireland (Irish: Contae Chiarraí, Éire) and the village of Glengariff (Irish: ... Bronze Age (c.1500- c. 500 BC), and a well preserved ring fort. Link : Bonane Heritage Park and the image from that website ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 13 2021 - 3:18pm
There is an ancient standing stone in a field not far from the village of Knockbridge (Irish: Droichead an ... Dealgan) on the left bank of the River Fane, County Louth, Ireland (Irish: Abhainn Átha Féan, Contae Lú, Éire). ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jun 7 2021 - 12:34pm
Glebe Stone Circles (Irish: Ciorcal Liag na Gléibe) are a group of four stone ... / CC BY-SA 2.0 Celtic nation: Ireland Itinerary: Ireland Connaught west Place type: Ancient site ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 4 2021 - 7:51pm
... Church of England rules Irish inscription on grave stone must have translation Family of Irishwoman wanted phrase ‘In ár ... by a translation.” He said Mrs Keane was born in the Ireland but had made her life in the UK but had remained proud of her Irish ...
Kernow Matters to Us - Jun 5 2020 - 4:41pm
Kinard East Ogham Stone is located at the west end of the graveyard of what was once the parish ... road at Kinard East in the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland (Irish: Corca Dhuibhne, Contae Chiarraí, Éire). Image: Ogham Stone, Kinard East 1838 from Rambles in the South of Ireland during the year 1838 by Henrietta Georgiana Marcia Chatterton published ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 17 2021 - 9:10pm
... 3100 BC to 2500 BC. This was a time in the Neolithic or New Stone Age period before the discovery of metal. Eight dwellings can be seen, ... still standing, and alleyways roofed by their original stone slabs. Tools, furniture and artwork found on the site give clues of how ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 11 2016 - 7:38am - 0 comments
... slope of Minions Moor is the location of the three stone circles known as the Hurlers (Cornish: An Hurlysi). The centres of the ... to the early Bronze Age, the Hurlers lie in a landscape of stone circles, stone rows, standing stones, cists and cairns. The alignments of ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Jan 23 2014 - 1:42pm
... Gurta - St Breock Downs Longstone The heaviest standing stone in Cornwall This menhir or prehistoric longstone, which was ... about 16 feet high known as Men Gurta - the waiting stone - and also called St Breock Longstone. Weighing about 16.5 tons it is ...
Kernow Matters to Us - Aug 20 2018 - 5:29pm