... 3100 BC to 2500 BC. This was a time in the Neolithic or New Stone Age period before the discovery of metal. Eight dwellings can be seen, ... still standing, and alleyways roofed by their original stone slabs. Tools, furniture and artwork found on the site give clues of how ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 11 2016 - 7:38am - 0 comments
... Gurta - St Breock Downs Longstone The heaviest standing stone in Cornwall This menhir or prehistoric longstone, which was ... about 16 feet high known as Men Gurta - the waiting stone - and also called St Breock Longstone. Weighing about 16.5 tons it is ...
Kernow Matters to Us - Aug 20 2018 - 5:29pm
Eightercua Stone Row (Irish:Íoċtar Ċua) in the Iveragh Peninsula (Irish: Uíbh ... south-south-east of the village of Waterville, County Kerry, Ireland (Irish: (Irish: An Coireán, Contae Chiarraí, Éire). It is on the ... Irish mythical history are a race of people who settled in Ireland. They are referred to in Lebor Gabála Érenn, a collection of poems ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 14 2021 - 11:57am
... blog Around the Celtic world there are many stone monuments and carvings in rock made by people from prehistoric times. We ... two large focal monuments on Cairnbane West outside Kells in Ireland’s County Meath. The carving of concentric circles and lines is at the ...
Douglas MacQueen - Aug 22 2016 - 1:55am - 0 comments
Tregwehelydd Standing Stone possibly dates back to 2000 BC and is about eight feet high. The stone has been broken and then re-joined and enabled to stand again. This restored stone is northwest of Llyn Llywenan, by a footpath off small road close to ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Jun 24 2022 - 5:03pm
... alone or in groups. The giant Menhir Champ-Dolent standing stone is a granite Neolithic monument located 2 kilometres (1 mile) south of ... an estimated weight of around 100 tonnes. This standing stone is thought to date to c. 5000–4000 BC. There are a number of legends ...
Dominique Corolleur - Apr 4 2021 - 5:14pm
... This is a ninth century AD Pictish standing stone located off the A917 north from the village of Crail. The Standing Stone of Sauchope is in Victoria Gardens, Crail (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Aile) ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 6 2021 - 11:05am
... in rows. They are of differing sizes and each granite stone seems to have been erected in the place where it was excavated. There are ... 2,600 feet and at the west of the alignment is a stone circle made up of 39 stones. However, one of the most impressive ...
Dominique Corolleur - Jun 23 2020 - 7:54pm
Athgreany Stone Circle is also known as the Piper's Stones (Irish:Clocha an Phíobaire) ... would disappear." Celtic nation: Ireland Itinerary: Ireland Leinster central Place type: Ancient site ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 24 2021 - 6:15pm
... with spiral patterns. It is possibly late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Getting there In Ballaragh, near Laxey. The site ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 13 2013 - 8:39am