On almost any journey through Ireland the observant traveller should encounter at least one or two standing stones. These enigmatic and often massive curiosities are found across the country, sometimes in neat rows of three or more or as strange arrangements such as at Lettergorman, County Cork (right) but mostly as solitary punctuations in the landscape. Their meaning or purpose has been lost over the thousands of years since they were erected but they still remain permanent landmarks in the countryside, as was surely their most important function.

There are more Standing Stones in the Stone Circles gallery, here

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On almost any journey through Ireland the observant traveller should encounter at least one or two standing stones. These enigmatic and often massive curiosities are found across the country, sometimes in neat rows of three or more or as strange arrangements such as at Lettergorman, County Cork (right) but mostly as solitary punctuations in the landscape. Their meaning or purpose has been lost over the thousands of years since they were erected but they still remain permanent landmarks in the countryside, as was surely their most important function.

There are more Standing Stones in the Stone Circles gallery, here

Click here to go back to the main page