Archaeological Sites in Ireland
Necropolis/tombs complex in Ireland (9)
Cohaw
Cohaw is a Neolithic double court tomb located 4 kilometres south-east of Cootehill, County Cavan. Cohaw was excavated by archaeologist, Howard Kilbride-Jones, in 1949. The…
Dowth
Dowth is the site of Neolithic passage tombs near the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland. It is one of the three main tombs of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site, along with…
Gartnanoul
Gartnanoul is a megalithic court tomb located in Killykeen Forest Park, Loughtee Upper, County Cavan. Gartnanoul is called a dual-tomb because it has two tombs both in line with…
Knockroe Passage Tomb
Knockroe Passage Tomb is a prehistoric site, of the Neolithic period, in the townland of Knockroe in County Kilkenny, Ireland, about 10 km north of Carrick-on-Suir. It is known…
Knowth
Knowth is a prehistoric tomb overlooking the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland. It comprises a large passage tomb surrounded by 17 smaller tombs, built during the Neolithic era…
Labbacallee Wedge Tomb
Labbacallee Wedge Tomb (Irish: Leaba Chaillí, meaning 'hag's bed') is a large pre-historic burial monument, located 8 km north-west of Fermoy and 2 km south-east of Glanworth,…
Loughcrew
Loughcrew or Lough Crew is an area of historical importance near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland. It is home to a group of ancient tombs from the 4th millennium BC, some…
Newgrange
Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, placed on a rise overlooking the River Boyne. Newgrange is the main monument in the Brú na Bóinne complex, a World…
Townleyhall Passage Grave
Townleyhall passage grave is a chamber tomb located around 2 km north of Dowth tomb. It is part of the megalithic complex of Brú na Bóinne in County Louth, Ireland. Unlike its…
Stone circle in Ireland (8)
Ardgroom
A Bronze Age stone circle on the Beara peninsula in County Cork, formally named Canfea but commonly called Ardgroom. Built c. 1000-1500 BC, the circle comprises 11 stones, 9 still…
Beltany Stone Circle
The Beltany stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle just south of Raphoe town in County Donegal. It dates from around 2100-700 BC. Beltany is 145 feet across and has 64 stones…
Bocan Stone Circle
The Bocan Stone Circle is a stone circle situated near the village of Culdaff in the north of Inishowen, a peninsula on the north coast of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern…
Carrigagulla
Carrigagulla (Irish: Carraig an Ghiolla) is a megalithic complex 2.9 km north-east of Ballinagree, County Cork, Ireland. Carrigagulla A is an 8-metre-diameter (26 ft) stone circle…
Grange Stone Circle
Grange stone circle is a stone circle in County Limerick, Ireland. It is located 300m west of Lough Gur, 4 km north of Bruff. The Limerick-Kilmallock road is nearby. It is…
Kealkill Stone Circle
Kealkill stone circle is a Bronze Age axial five-stone circle located just outside the village of Kealkill, County Cork in southwest Ireland. Kealkill is an example of the type of…
Templebryan Stone Circle
Templebryan Stone Circle (also known as The Druid's Temple) is a stone circle, located 2.5 km north of Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland. Close by lies an Early Christian site.…
Uragh Stone Circle
The Uragh Stone Circle is a small Bronze Age axial stone circle. It is located on the Beara Peninsula, near Gleninchaquin Park, County Kerry, Ireland. Situated between Lough…
Dolmen in Ireland (6)
Brownshill Dolmen
Brownshill Dolmen is a very large megalithic portal tomb situated 3 km east of Carlow, in County Carlow. Its capstone weighs an estimated 150 metric tons, and is reputed to be the…
Kilclooney More
Kilclooney More belongs to the low-lying land in the west of County Donegal that is prominent for its concentration of court and portal tombs. In the Neolithic period this land…
Kilmogue Portal Tomb
Kilmogue Portal Tomb, also called Leac an Scail, is a dolmen and National Monument located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Kilmogue Portal Tomb stands on the eastern slopes of Brown…
Knockmaree Dolmen
Knockmaree Dolmen, or Knockmaree Cist, is a prehistoric site of the Neolithic period, in Phoenix Park just north of Chapelizod, near Dublin, Ireland. The tomb, situated on a small…
Meehambee Dolmen
The Meehambee Dolmen, also known as the Mihanboy Portal Tomb, is a Neolithic portal tomb located in the townland of Mihanboy, near Athlone in County Roscommon. The monument is…
Poulnabrone Dolmen
Poulnabrone dolmen is located on a low circular mound measuring c. 10 m in diameter. The location would have been difficult of access at the time it was built, and it was probably…
Megalithic stones in Ireland (6)
Beenalaght
Five stones remain upright while one lies prostrate, ranging in height and stretching over roughly 11 m (36 ft). The tallest stones stand at each end with the shortest in the…
Bohonagh Stone Circle
Bohonagh is an axial stone circle located 2.4 km east of Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland. The circle is thought to date from the Bronze Age. The stone circle comprised 13 stones…
Castlenalacht Stone Row
Castlenalacht Stone Row is an alignment of four tall and free-standing stones located on a hilltop in the townland of Castlenalacht, Innishannon parish, 6 km north of Bandon,…
Drombeg Stone Circle
Drombeg stone circle (also known as The Druid's Altar) is a small axial stone circle located 2.4 km east of Glandore, County Cork. The stone circle originally consisted of…
Glantane East
Glantane East is a megalithic complex situated 6.4 kilometres from Millstreet, County Cork. It is set in the Keel River valley on the north-west upper slopes of Musherabeg…
Lia Fáil
The Lia Fáil (Stone of Destiny) is a megalithic stone on the Hill of Tara's Inauguration Mound in County Meath, Ireland. Legend claims all Irish kings were crowned on this stone…
Cairn in Ireland (5)
Carnfree
Carnfree is a site south of the village of Tulsk in Roscommon that also lies close to the more celebrated ancient landscape of Rathcroghan. The chief feature here is the…
Cloghanmore
Cloghanmore (meaning 'the great stone heap') is a megalithic court tomb in Malin More, Glencolmcille, County Donegal. The monument stretches 46.3 metres in length with an oval…
Knocknarea
Knocknarea is a large prominent hill west of Sligo town in County Sligo, Ireland, with a height of 327 metres. At the summit is one of Ireland's largest cairns, known as Queen…
Listoghil
Listoghil (Irish: Lios an tSeagail) is the large central monument in the Carrowmore group of prehistoric tombs in County Sligo, Ireland. The Carrowmore group consists of about 35…
Tibradden Mountain
Tibradden Mountain is a mountain in County Dublin, Ireland. The mountain is also a site of archaeological interest with a prehistoric burial site close to the summit. Local…
Megalithic structures in Ireland (3)
Carrowmore
Carrowmore is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic. Placed on a…
Coom Wedge Tomb
Coom Wedge Tomb is a prehistoric site, a wedge tomb on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry. It is near the Skellig Ring, a route in the west of the peninsula. The chamber is…
Knocknakilla
Knocknakilla is the site of a megalithic complex situated between Macroom and Millstreet, in County Cork, Ireland. It is set in blanket peatland on the north-west upper slopes of…
Tomb in Ireland (3)
Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb
The Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and a National Monument in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb is found on the south-eastern…
Kilmashogue
Kilmashogue or Kilmashoge is a mountain in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county in Ireland. It is 408 metres high and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which…
Lisnadarragh Wedge Tomb
Lisnadarragh Wedge Tomb is a prehistoric site, a wedge tomb about 16 kilometres west of Carrickmacross, in County Monaghan near the border with County Cavan. The tomb at…
Cemetery in Ireland (1)
Monastery in Ireland (1)
Rock art in Ireland (1)
Rock relief/carving in Ireland (1)
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