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1. Parc le Breos

   Parc le Breos is a Neolithic cairn site is comprised of a wedge shaped tomb reached by forecourt leading to ... Heritage Centre and then the narrow road to a car park. The cairn is a short walk into Parc le Breos Woods and very accessible. Our ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - May 11 2013 - 11:20am

2. Barnenez

   The Cairn of Barnenez (Breton: Karn Barnenez) is one of the earliest megalithic ... work undertaken by many people. The estimated weight of the cairn is 12-14,000 tonnes. Brittany is rich in megalithic ...

   Transceltic team - Apr 17 2021 - 6:15pm

3. King Orry's Grave

   ... is the largest known megalithic tomb on the island. The Cairn is made of coloured sandstone with a forecourt of 12 metres across and 4 ... a house. It once had three chambers enclosed within an cairn of stones and earth. A standing stone remains at the rear of the site ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - May 13 2013 - 8:39am

4. Megalithic passage tomb discovered at Brú na Bóinne in Ireland

   ... part of the main passage tomb, over which a large stone cairn was built. Six kerbstones have been identified to date, which formed part of a ring of stones that around the cairn perimeter. In a beautiful example of megalithic art, one kerbstone is ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 16 2018 - 5:19pm

5. King Orry's Grave - Megalithic Tomb in Isle of Man

   ... were originally roofed with slabs, then buried beneath the cairn. The stone lying in front of the tomb entrance may once have been the ... Grave (East). It once had three chambers enclosed within a cairn of stones and earth. A three-metre-tall (10 ft) standing stone is still ...

   Alastair Kneale - Oct 12 2022 - 12:49pm

6. The Scotland Herald: "Scotland was The Midwife Of Canada's Birth"

   Emmett McIntyre's blog From the Scotland Herald: Here is a story about government officials travelling ... the birth of the Canadian nation. To a large extent  Scotland , particularly Gaelic Scotland, had acted as midwife. The first Scots ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Jul 3 2017 - 2:52am

7. Historic Gaeltacht Community Under Threat from Property Developers - Charges of Cultural Vandalism

   ... An example is the historic Gaelic speaking community of Rath Cairn in County Meath. Press reports characterized the local reaction as ... of non-Irish speakers” would not be in keeping with Rath Cairn and would adversely affect the linguistic and cultural heritage of the ...

   Emmett McIntyre - Jul 5 2020 - 11:37pm

8. Cashtal yn Ard

   ... in length was originally a covered megalithic chambered cairn and has a west–east orientation. It is noted as being one of the ... Vannin) three separate features are thought to predate the cairn. A small stone cist, a mass of burnt stones and thirdly, an unusually ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Feb 27 2023 - 10:33pm

9. Iolaire panel of Great Tapestry of Scotland to be exhibited on Lewis

   ... blog A panel from the Great Tapestry of Scotland depicting the Western Isles' Iolaire disaster of is to be displayed on ... of each of the men who died, will be incorporated into a cairn forming part of a new memorial in Stornoway's Carn Gardens. ...

   Douglas MacQueen - Aug 8 2018 - 12:44pm

10. Scottish National Party Leader and Scotland’s First Minister tells SNP Conference - ‘We Are Scotland’s Independence Generation’.

    ... At the Scottish National Party Conference in Perthshire, Scotland, Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland spoke to a packed and enthusiastic conference hall. Outlining a clear ...

    Douglas MacQueen - Oct 27 2013 - 7:15pm - 0 comments

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