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According to the land owner this little known souterrain is intact and accessible, located just off a track and easy to find, or miss if you are not careful :-)
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There are two wedge tombs side by side here, one is collapsed and very ruinous
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Located over a wall just behind Fanyglavin wedge tomb
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Wedge tomb is located within a ring/stone fort
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Local Farmer Willie Keher took me to this site when he came across me on a pathway on his property, we had a good chat, said very few knew of this site and I could add it here, showed me an intact Souterrain closeby
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Under pressure to get a ferry to Inis Oírr (Inisheer, Aran Islands) didnt get to the cairn this time, looking forward to it, really impressive from a distance and easy to access
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This is in a sad and sorry state
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This Stone stands in what seems to be a ring fort and is a very interesting place, access to this track/road is best from the R584 through what at first seems to be private property, there are two sets of gates to go through, make sure these are closed after you, the trail exits at 51.80570 N 09.23999 W and is suitable for cars
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Adjacent to some farm buildings and heavy plant this huge stone seem to have been damaged at some stage, it is one of the tallest standing stones I have come across, the owners of the land were happy to let me look at it
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I am not sure of the name of this stone, next trip down that way I will check it out and edit the details
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99.9% of this field has been recently dug up with a large Hymac and so close to this huge stone im surprised its still standing, access via the gate is a little awkward as a deep dyke has been dug at least on the road side of the field, well worth visiting, didnt get to see Oughtihery W circle this trip
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Another wedge tomb with easy access and visible from the road, the area around Bweeng and Mushera is laden with Megaliths
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Originally 5 large stones, 4 lay on the ground, just one standing, easy access, later on I saw this mentioned to the Aghinagh Way map, I will find out its proper name and sort that out later
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These are easy to find, just inside a gate on the other side of the road and to the left of the wedge tomb and stone circle
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This site would clean up if some responsible person would cut the gorse away with a Bushman saw, shame to see these sites so neglected
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Possibly the most neglected site I have visited, there appears to be two trees knocked or fallen on the tomb, hardly recognisable as being a megalith, what the hell happened here
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According to the owner of the B/B where The Milestone stands these stones in the field next to him were knocked down by farmers over the last few hundred years
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Not visible from the main road this is a lovely stone with great views, it is over the brow of the hill, the land owner told me that the inclined stone fell over after a bad spell of wet weather 30 years ago, his father got a JCB and with the help of a few friends re erected it
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As you approach this from Ventry drive past the old quarry to the first gate on your right, walk straight up the hill and over two stone ditches, there are some cows here but should not pose a problem, views are stunning from up here.
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The landowner a farmer will not entertain visitors to the site unfortunately, these images were taken from the road with a zoom lens on my second visit there, he wants the National monuments to buy a strip of land leading to the site and fence it off, little chance of that im afraid.
This is the only site in the whole country I have been denied access to.
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