Welcome to this short tour of some of the more notable megalithic sites around Ireland. This is really just a taster of what Irelands stone and bronze age heritage has to offer, there are many more to be discovered in the categorised sections above. To visit a site, view more photos and find out a bit more, click on the link beside each photo. To continue on to the next page, use the links at the bottom of each page or the small numbered quick links just below this message. Enjoy!
Three standing stones, forming part of the great stone circle at Newgrange, Co. Meath
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Three of the remaining stones of what would have been a huge stone circle surrounding the passage tomb at Newgrange. It is not known whether the giant circle was built after the Neolithic farmers had been either driven out of the area or hybridised out of existence by the beaker people and later bronze age settlers, or if it was contemporary with the passage tomb.
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Three of the remaining stones of what would have been a huge stone circle surrounding the passage tomb at Newgrange. It is not known whether the giant circle was built after the Neolithic farmers had been either driven out of the area or hybridised out of existence by the beaker people and later bronze age settlers, or if it was contemporary with the passage tomb.
Click here to see more photos of Newgrange.
Three standing stones, forming part of the great stone circle at Newgrange, Co. Meath
Click on the photo for a larger view.
Three of the remaining stones of what would have been a huge stone circle surrounding the passage tomb at Newgrange. It is not known whether the giant circle was built after the Neolithic farmers had been either driven out of the area or hybridised out of existence by the beaker people and later bronze age settlers, or if it was contemporary with the passage tomb.
Click here to see more photos of Newgrange.
Click on the photo for a larger view.
Three of the remaining stones of what would have been a huge stone circle surrounding the passage tomb at Newgrange. It is not known whether the giant circle was built after the Neolithic farmers had been either driven out of the area or hybridised out of existence by the beaker people and later bronze age settlers, or if it was contemporary with the passage tomb.
Click here to see more photos of Newgrange.
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