List of megalithic monuments in Ireland information
This is a list of megalithic monument on the island of Ireland. Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland, and include burial sites (including passage tombs, portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens)) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows).
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are in England, Malta, Ireland, Brittany and Iberia. Megalithic art started in the Neolithic and continued into the Bronze Age. Although many monument types...
typical of European megalithic (Stone Age) structures. In archaeology, a forecourt is the name given to the area in front of certain types of chamber...
Archaeoastronomy Listof archaeoastronomical sites by country ListofmegalithicmonumentsinIreland Slieve na Calliagh/Sliabh na Caillí. Placenames Database of Ireland...
excludes ruins of limited height and statues. The list also excludes: dolmens, a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more...
This Listof Castles inIreland, be they in Northern Ireland and thus United Kingdom or in the Republic ofIreland, is organised by county within their...
The Megalithic Temples of Malta (Maltese: It-Tempji Megalitiċi ta' Malta) are several prehistoric temples, some of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites...
[dead link] "Listof hillforts in Buckinghamshire". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 13 February 2011. "English Heritage National Monuments Record: Cambridgeshire"...
Carrowmore (Irish: An Cheathrú Mhór, 'the great quarter') is a large group ofmegalithicmonuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. They...
Menhir of about 100 tons. Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini. 12 megalithic limestone beams 10 meters long weighing 90 tons each, forming the roof of burial chamber...
Cumhaill (Finn McCool) and his wife Oonagh. Irishmegalithic tombs ListofmegalithicmonumentsinIreland Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knockmany...
national monumentofIreland" and as one of the most important megalithic structures in Europe. The Newgrange monument primarily consists of a large mound...
incomplete listof dolmens, a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb. 40% of the world's dolmens are found in Korea. Dolmens are also found in Europe, especially...
Callanish Stones Prehistoric IrelandListof archaeological sites in County Down ListofmegalithicmonumentsinIreland Wikimedia Commons has media related...
protect the site with fencing and signage. Irishmegalithic tombs ListofmegalithicmonumentsinIreland Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knockmaree...
earliest megalithicmonuments to be built inIreland and Scotland. During the period 3900–3500 BCE, more than 390 court cairns were constructed inIreland and...
Hillfort, The Megalithic Portal Marygoldhill Plantation (Marygold Plantation; Bunkle Edge), Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland, SC4104 Chester...
wedge tombs inIreland. ListofmegalithicmonumentsinIrelandIrishmegalithic tombs Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coom Tomb. "Irish wedge tombs"...
source of stone. Where menhirs appear in groups, often in a circular, oval, henge, or horseshoe formation, they are sometimes called megalithicmonuments. These...
The Megalithic European: The 21st Century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe (2004) is Julian Cope's second book on historic sites, this time looking at continental...
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