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bawn79 Dec 13, 2012 12:36:30
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

Evergreen Dazed wrote:
Mustard wrote:
tjj wrote:
The Beara Peninsula haunts my dreams ... West Cork and Kerry. For anyone who loves stone circles (everyone) this is the place to head for. A unique landscape, being a peninsula you are never far from the sea, or a stone circle. Wedge tombs and standing stones too. Never got to see the Uragh stone circle - now I keep seeing photos of it.
How did I manage to miss it, will definitely be going back.

http://thinplacestour.com/2011/01/17/uragh/

http://www.bearatourism.com/archaelogical.html

Uragh was THE reason I was inspired to visit the Beara Peninsula. Last time, I was incredibly lucky and found a wonderful old fisherman's cottage to stay in, and got a few hours at Uragh sat in the sun with a book, uninterrupted by a single other visitor. Really quite special. Ardgroom was a close second, but it didn't have (for me) the same sense of place.
Didn't the wonderful old fisherman mind?

I loved Uragh, even though we had fairly terrible weather.
A very special place.
Did the farmer pop up out of nowhere and demand '2 Euro' from you?

I've been down to Uragh a few times - never met any farmer thankfully. The Beara peninsula is a fantastic place. I really liked this stone circle too, the views are fantastic. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/102882/cashelkeelty_nw.html

M Mustard
Mustard Dec 13, 2012 12:42:44
Replying to bawn79

bawn79 wrote:
I've been down to Uragh a few times - never met any farmer thankfully. The Beara peninsula is a fantastic place. I really liked this stone circle too, the views are fantastic. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/102882/cashelkeelty_nw.html
It's a pleasant walk once you're out of the woods as well. I caught this in the dying evening sun, and the stones looked spectacular bathed in golden hues.

T tjj
tjj Dec 13, 2012 15:42:44
Replying to bawn79

bawn79 wrote:
I've been down to Uragh a few times - never met any farmer thankfully. The Beara peninsula is a fantastic place. I really liked this stone circle too, the views are fantastic. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/102882/cashelkeelty_nw.html
Cashelkeelty was the first stone circle to be visited - while on way to Ardgroom we spotted one of the green lettered heritage signs pointing upwards through steep woods. White quartz lying around in the woods, I confess to bringing a small piece back with me.
This site holds a special place in my memory, the view was wonderful.

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