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Tag Archives: Bronze age
Gallán Bhaile Phúinse
A short distance up the road from the Standing stone at Craddockstown we find what is possibly the tallest Standing stone in the country. It is definitely the tallest I have come across to date. I first spotted it driving … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Photography, Standing Stone
Tagged Bronze age, Ireland, Kildare, NAtional Monument, Neolithic, Nikon, photographer, Photography, Standing Stone, Travel
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Knockmaroon Cromlech
I came across this Megalithic Tomb by complete accident whilst researching something else. However finding the darn thing was a different matter. As usual I now go out armed with all site co-ordinates uploaded to my GPS, but the location … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Neolithic, People, Photography, Places of Interest, Ruins
Tagged Artifacts, Ashtown Castle, Black & White, blade, Bronze age, Burial, Captain Larcom, Chamber, Cromlech, Diary of a Ruin Hunter, Dolmen, Dublin, Ed Mooney Photography, Excavation, Flagstone, flint, Ireland, Kist, Knockmaroon, Megalith, Mono, Monument, National Museum, necklace, Neolithic, Passage Grave, Phoinex Park, Photograph, Prehistoric, Restoration, Royal Acedmy, Royal Engineers, shell, Slab, Tomb
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The Piper Stones
Heading back from Baltinglass one evening I spotted the heritage signpost for this stone circle on the side of the road. Even though I was running late I had to turn around and have a look. Parking is dangerous here … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, Landscape, Nature, Neolithic, Photography, Places of Interest, Ruins, Stone Circle
Tagged 1400-500BC, Achadh Greine, Alignment, Athgreaney, Baltinglass, Bronze age, Duchas, Ed Mooney Photography, energy, Field of the Sun, Hawthorn, Heritage site, Megalith, Milesian, Neolithic, Piper Stones, Ruinhunter, Sacred, Stone Circle, Sun Temple, Tuatha Dé Danann, Winter Solstice
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Bronze Age Burial Mound
The burial mound found in the Dublin suburb of Coolock lies on the grounds of an old estate which was once known as Moatfield. The manor style house which once stood here got its name from a small artificial hill … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Places of Interest
Tagged 1500BC, Bronze age, Burial mound, Cadbury, Coolock, Moatfield Estate
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Ballymount Castle
This visit really brought back memories, I had not been here in probably 15 years. Having spent many a summer’s day roaming and exploring the ruins which looked a lot different from how they appear today. The area was excavated … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Photography, Places of Interest
Tagged 1622, 1767, 18th Century, Ballymount Castle, Ballymount Great, Beautiful mound, Bellamount, Bronze age, Burial mound, Cullen family, Folly, Gabriel Beringer, Gaelic, Garranstown, insurgents, James II, John Butler, Katharine Tynan, Kingswood, Kingswood Castle, Luas, M50 Motorway, motte-and-bailey, Painting, ruins, Sham Ruin, Sir Theobald Butler, Sir William Parsons, Solicitor General Ireland, Stone Castle, Tower House
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