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limerick.ie The official guide to Limerick, Ireland As posted by Bawn79 and filtered by Keyword:megalithic Comments (1)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by bogman 16th May 2011ce

Grange / Lios, Lough Gur (Stone Circle) — Images (click to view fullsize)

Posted by bawn79 15th July 2011ce

Lough Gur Wedge Tomb — Fieldnotes

Visited 19.5.11 Very easy to access and in a lovely setting near Lough Gur. We parked in the lay by and I walked up the grass slope to the tomb. Dafydd wanted to come but had decided to take his shoes and socks off so I had to carry him across the wet grass. There are four capstones over the tomb and an information board is near by. Not as big or bold as other sites I have visited today but still well worth the little effort it takes to visit. This would be a great site for a picnic on a nice summer's day (not today!) Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 2nd June 2011ce

Lough Gur C (Stone Circle) — Fieldnotes

Visited 19.5.11 From the main stone circle I climbed over the barbed wire fence and made my way across the field. Around the stones I saw what I though was another herd of young cows, unfortunately when I got closer I realised they were in fact bullocks!! As soon as they saw me they all headed my way and I had to take refuge by standing on top of one of the stones in the circle! I was just glad that I didn't have Dafydd with me. This was another near perfect circle made up of 15 stones and just as impressive as Lios - only smaller. I waited for the bullocks to get bored and move on – unfortunately they didn't. I chose my spot and headed back across the field as fast as I could walk. The bullocks put on a bit of a sprint and I had to repeatedly turn and shout/wave my arms for them to back off. Eventually I got to the edge of the field and back over the fence – safety! If when you visit the bullocks are still there may I suggest setting for a view from the fence? Comments (1)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 2nd June 2011ce

Grange / Lios, Lough Gur (Stone Circle) — Fieldnotes

Visited 19.5.11 WOW! I have been blown away with the quality of the prehistoric sites I have visited since coming to Ireland and this is yet another cracker – one of the best stone circles I have ever visited. Very easy to access being right next to the road and parking is no problem. There was a donation box attached to the gate which is for the upkeep of the site and I was more than happy to contribute. The circle was full of young cows that completely ignored me and carried on chewing the cud. I wasn't quite as lucky as I managed to step in 3 separate cow pats! This is an almost a perfect circle of stones of various height – too many to count accurately. One stone is a huge square block that would not have looked out of place in Avebury – about 2 metres x 2 metres x 1 metre. The strange 'alter' made up of small stones is still standing. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 2nd June 2011ce

Curraghchase (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Fieldnotes

This monument is wrongly marked as a standing stone on my edition of the OS map 65. It is located in Curraghchase forest park which is owned by Coillte. There is an entrance fee of €5 which is very steep in my opinion (megalithic opinion anyway). The gardens are lovely and surprisely there were a lot of people here walking and enjoying the grounds. The monument is located on a hill in woodland, although not a standing stone it did remind me of being in Narnia or something like that, a monument choked by the woods around it. If anyone can shed any light on the history of it, that would be great. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by bawn79 7th April 2011ce

Curraghchase (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Images

Posted by bawn79 7th April 2011ce

Castlegale (Hillfort) — Fieldnotes

This hillfort is right on the limerick/cork border. A road runs along the northern slopes of the Darragh Hills. There is a signpost for Castlegale hillfort where you can park at the entrance of the forestry track. I went the wrong (but interesting) way climbing over the hill and approaching from the south but you could follow the track east and approach from the north. Approaching from the south I came upon what looks like the remains of a megalithic tomb built into a stone boundary wall. The hillfort itself using a natural knoll of rock which gives it cliff faces to the north. There is a double rampart to the south and a single one to the north. It is known locally as 'the citadel'. Seemingly it was heavily forested when the Ballyhoura Hills project surveyed it but the trees must recently been cut. "The enclosed area is 13,799m2 (1.4ha) and the fort measures 138m (externally) from the northern to southern ramparts; and the interior id 109m (north-south) by 114m (east-west)" Ive tried to put up an aerial view from Google Earth but this is a fuzzy area on the ireland map. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by bawn79 16th March 2011ce

Castlegale (Hillfort) — Images

Posted by bawn79 16th March 2011ce