Lovely Hunebed with remarkable features, like most kerbstones still in place and a pretty entrance with two pairs of sidestones and a capstone.
The only thing which might disattract you is the vicinity of a busy railway line, otherwise I found D15 Loon and its setting really lovely. One of my highest ranked Hunebed in the Drentse Aa national park.
Visited July 2018
D10 Gasteren lies in the Gasterse Duinen, a heath area right in the middle of Drentse Aa national park. This is really a lovely and splendid place, so bring enough time with you to stroll around the many walking paths.
Just about 200m from the car park you’ll find D10 Gasteren a small and incomplete Hunebed. From the original four capstones only two remained, but the supporting and end stones seem to be complete. Nevertheless a nice Hunebed in a wonderful setting.
Visited July 2018
It seems to be a complete but small Hunebed (only three capstone along with their supporting pairs of stone) in a clearing beside a residential street, so parking and access is very easy.
When I’m visiting megalihic sites I’m always very happy when I’m the only person so I can “experience the site for myself”. Unfortunately when I arrived at D6 Tynaarlo a father and his two children played hide and seek in and around the Hunebed. And although they saw that I wanted to take some pictures, they didn’t stop to run around the monument and into my photo scenes. So after I took my chance to take some undisturbed pictures I left the place after a very short time :-(.
Visited July 2018
Another rather small Hunebed with four capstones in a tranquil place. What makes D5 Zeijen a bit special is the fact, that the stones lies in a hollow and the surrounding mound is still visible.
Parking and access is very easy, as there is a paved side road from the road between Assen and Norg. Just watch for the Hunebed sign northwest of Zeijen.
Visited July 2018
On my way from D5 Zeijen to D2 Westervelde I made a short stop in Norg to see this site in front of Margarethakerk.
Although no structure is visible as such, the shape of the stones suggests that they may have served as capstones for a hunebed.
Visited July 2018
D2 Westervelde is a smaller hunebed, originally it consisted of 4 capstones, of which only two are preserved. The entrance in the south of the Hunebed is still visible.
Nevertheless, it is worth a visit, as it spreads a magical atmosphere due to its quiet location, the ideal place for a small picnic.
Visited July 2018
This beauty lies in a rather unusual place, more in the slope than on top of a sand hill. All six capstones are in place, even the entrance comes with a portal stone. This area seems to be often visited, there is a car park about 150m to the southwest.
There were some cleanups going on during my visit by Het Drentse Landschap. Unfortunately they also used a rather loud leaf blower (I hate these devices), which destroyed the whole atmosphere.
Visited July 2018
Both Hundebed are in the vicinity of Midlaren, drive the Schutsweg until Hunebedpad is crossing. Watch out for the Hunebed sign between two farmhouses which leads between two hedges to the site.
Most of the Hunebeds are isolated, but there are eight pairs, one pair is formed by D3 Midlaren and D4 Midlaren. Both east-west oriented Hunebeds are in-line and only separated by about 5m. They are squeezed in the backyard of a farm between barns and thick old oaks, but nevertheless I find this site really splendid and fetchingly.
Visited July 2018
Easy to visit (although parking is a bit tricky), as it is located directly in the street Zuidlaarderweg just before the roundabout in Annen (if you drive north).
Unfortunately, the grave is only half preserved, there are still two pairs of upright stones with their capstones along with the endstone. Markers show the position of the missing stones.
Visited July 2018
South of the village Klecken close to the K12 lies this impressive 48x6m restored hunebed. According to the information board it is the best preserved archaeological monument in the district of Harburg. As with many tombs in Germany, many stones were removed to use them as building material. 1892 the hunebed was restored by the forestry official Schneemann, who filled some of the gaps and had some of the fallen stones erected. Today we can see 76 kerbstones and in the northern end the burial chamber. The guardian stones set up at the corners are not original.
Access and parking is quite easy, there is a parking space on the opposite of the street.
Visited June 2018
This signposted passage grave lies northeast of the village Krelingen. Parking and access is quite easy, you have to walk only about 70m from the road.
The site is northwest-southeast orientated. The chamber is about 8 x 2 m, from the original twelve supporting stones only eleven still exists. According to the information board, in the 19th century all capstones were removed to build a bridge, but four larger stones lie in the immediate vicinity of the tomb.
Visited June 2018
The Sieben Steinhäuser (aka Siebensteinhäuser) are a group of five passage graves, which are situated within the NATO Bergen-Hohne Training Area. The only public access to the tombs begins at a military checkpoint in Ostenholz, about 4 kilometers southeast of the motorway interchange Walsrode. Access to the site is only possible on weekends and public holidays from 8am and 6pm, if no military practice takes place.
On my last attempt, during my return from a holiday on Föhr, access to the sites was unfortunately not permitted, as the Training Area was not open to the public :-(.
I found the following link, which may inform if access is permitted or not.
During my planing for the next trip around the Iveragh Peninslua, I found an interesting ring structure on Google Earth near Caherdaniel West.
After checking some books and the great Historic Environment Viewer from NMS I realized that this must be Caherdaniel Ringfort. Actually there are two ringforts (KE106-063001- and KE106-062----) only 100m apart from each other. But the first one is the far better one. As access to the ringfort looked quite easy, I decided to include it for my next drive around The Ring of Kerry.
You can park your car on the N70 at N51 46 16.2 W10 06 33.3 between Ballycarnahan and Caherdaniel West, where there is a sharp right bend and a small access road. Walk along the access road and you can already see the ringfort.
I wonder, why I never noticed the ringfort before, as I drove The Ring Of Kerry several times, but always clockwise. To my apology, I have to say that the ringfort is much more visible, if you drive The Ring Of Kerry anti-clockwise.
Unfortunately while visiting the ringfort, it rained heavily, so I just stayed for a short time to make at least some (fuzzy) photos.
Visited November 2010
The name should be Cool East (refer to KE078-007----).
Visited November 2010
This stone pair stands in the center of a medieval ecclesiastical enclosure, west of a medieval church. Both stones are ~1.7m high.
This really is a tranquill place, in the next field you can see Kinlough Castle.
Both sites are highly recommend and easy to access.
Visited June 2010
Site 15 of the Clew Bay Archaeological Trail is Killeen Graveyard and Cross Slab. Parking and access is very easy.
In the graveyard there is a standing stone, leaning precariously, which was christianised during the seventh century with a Maltese Cross.
Visited June 2010
Sorry for the images, due to the vegetation it was nearly impossible to get better ones.
The coordinates for the site are wrong, here are the actual ones:
N53 06 06.3 W8 51 57.5
Visited May 2010
This is a phallus stone, unfortunatley when we visited the site, the stone was knocked over by someone (see link section for a beter picture).
The location of the site is wrong, actually it is:
N53 09 27.1 W8 48 29.1
Visited May 2010
While visiting Corrower Standing Stone I realize a odd megalithic structure in another field. From the road it looked like a big megalithic tomb, so I jumped over a gate to went about 120m up to the small mound to see what I have discovered.
To be honest, when I came closer to the stones, I couldn’t spot, if this is really a megalithic object. As some of the stones are big boulders, I don’t think it is just field clearance.
According to the National Monuments Service the mound is a Rath (MA040-046----), but unfortunately there is no reference of the stones.
What do you think?
Visited May 2010
While we are visited Céide Fields we also tooked the chance to see Behy Court Tomb (about 400m from the car park). I asked for directions to the tomb and one of the ladies from the staff gave me detailed information how to get to the tomb.
Only parts of the tomb can be seen, as most of the tomb is still buried in the peat.
Nevertheless a nice addition to a visit of the highly recommended visitor centre of Céide Fields.
Visited May 2010
While driving around northwest Mayo and the Bellmullet Peninsula, we also passed Rosdoagh Court Tomb.
It lies behind a modern house, but parking and access is very easy. Simply go straight on, when the ‘main’ roads bends right angular.
To be honest there is not much to see anymore, the information board is more impressive than the tomb itself.
If you would like to drive around a megalithic tomb, here is your chance, as the remains of this passage grave lies in the center of a roundabout!
This and the fact that there is also a crucifix and two statues errected in the middle of the tomb makes Abbeyquarter North one of the most weired megalithic sites in Ireland.
Visited May 2010
I think this entry is not valid. According to the NMS (LE029-002----) the tomb with this coordinates isn’t a Wedge Tomb, but a Court Tomb and it is called Commons.
On our drive from Dublin airport to our cottage in Ballina (County Mayo), we passed this tomb. Because we were in a hurry, I was only able to take a zoom shot from the road.
Visited May 2010
Actually there are three Wedge Tombs in this field (Cl. 10, Cl. 11 and Cl. 15), but when I visited Gleninsheen, back in 2008, I was not aware of Cl. 10.
This nice little tomb lies in the south west corner of the field and lies closest to the road (R480), from which you can clearly see it.
So if you visit Poulnabrone, don’t hesitate also to include this lovely tomb to your itinerary.
Visited May 2008
I parked at N51 32 09.7 W9 29 18.0, from here it is about 300m to the tomb.
Follow the forrest track straight north, after 100m it seems that the track ends, but keep moving, as the track continues after some meters.
The wedge tomb is heavily overgrown, but nevertheless it is a nice little tomb. Due to the surrounding trees, there are no noteworthy views, which would add to the atmosphere.
Visited June 2014
This stone circle ranks on my wish list for Kerry and Cork for quite a while. Last time I was here, a warn signs prevents me from visiting the site with my family, but this time I was alone and the sign is highly weathered or otherwise flawed now, which means it is unreadable and so it didin’t stop me from trying to get to the circle.
I think I found a good approach to reach this site.
I parked at N51 50 07.6 W9 36 52.5 and walk the road back for about 130m, here a farm track leave the road (N51 50 11.0 W9 36 51.4).
Pass a gate and follow this track until you came to an abandoned farm house. Behind this farm house you will see a second gate and a further farm track. Follow this track for about 150m until you came to a fork, take the right path here. This track leads you, after some zigzags, directly to the circle.
The circle is one of the finest stone circle in Kerry, with nearly all stones still in place, only one of the entrance stones lies on the ground. Like other multiple stone circles in this area (Uragh West, Kenmare, Dromagurteen, Gurteen), there is a boulder burial in the middle of the circle. Also the isolated location adds to the atmosphere. This is really a must see site, if you are in this area.
From the mentioned car parking it is ~1km always completely on farm tracks to the circle.
Visited June 2014
‘Climbed’ to this really nice stone circle from the car park at Uragh on probably one of the hottest days of the Irish summer 2014. Follow Meic’s directions and don’t worry about the fact, that on the last sign (were you have to leave the farm track) only ‘Boulder Burial’ and ‘Fulacht fia’ are mentioned (no Stone Circle).
The circle is great and worth every effort (I needed ~1h from the car park to the circle and back). Unfortunately at my time of visit, it was very overgrown, so maybe a visit in autumn or winter would be the better choice.
Behind the circle are additional boulder buriels and what seems to be a natural huge rock fragment.
Visited June 2014
Only 500m northeast of the famous Uragh are the probable remains a another stone circle. Only two stone are still standing, three others lay fallen on the ground.
Although the circle lies close to the road to Gleninchaquin Park, Ameen River between the road and the circle prevents an easy access, unless you are willing to ford the river.
So I walked from Uragh on a hot, sunny day in June, but the last 200m were nevertheless very boggy. While some water weept into my shoes, I was wondering what the hell I was doing here, particularly as I know that the stone circle is in a ruinous condition and not a really worthwhile destination. So don’t try this approach after heay rain.
Visited June 2014
The stone circle is quite easy to find, if you start at this gate (N51 52 46.5 W9 31 30.2) and follow the farm lane. After about 450m there is another gate with a some trees and a stone wall on the left. The circle is located on low ground behind that wall.
Dromatouk anomalous stone group is visible about 200m to the north after you pass the gate.
Halfway to the stone circle you pass Dromatouk standing stones on a small hillock on your right.
Visited June 2014
During the planing of my day trip to Dingle Peninsula, I stumbled upon the name Caherdorgan North ring fort. After I found the exact location, I realized with some surprise, that I have passed this great site for at least two times, without even knowing it. This reconfirmed me, that carefully planning is essential for my trips to Ireland ;-).
The ring fort consists of five well preserved huts and at least one souterrain. A standing stone is located in a private garden around 30m to the west.
As it lies directly on the road to/from Kilmalkedar, there no excuse to not visiting this tremendous site, if you are in this area.
Visited June 2014
I think this is the only portal tomb in County Kerry, so this alone justifies a visit. It lies in a field close to a minor road so parking is a bit tricky, I used a driveway of a nearby house.
At my time of visit, two very pushy horses were on the field of the tomb, so I had always one eye on the horses, while the other tries to takes a closer look. The capstone is really impressive with some indentations. With the two tilted portal stones it reminds me a lot of Arderawinny tomb in County Cork.
Visited June 2014
On the western slope of Mount Brandon lies this good restored ring fort, a pair of huts are preserved in the interior. The surrounding cashel walls are around 1.5m high and 2-3m thick.
Opposite of the entrance is an access into the outer wall, in the chamber behind you can even stand upright.
The views over Dingle Peninsula are phantastic!
A hidden gem of the Slea Head Drive, as it is not signed from the main road, but worth the effort of finding it.
Visited June 2014
Great panel with wonderful decorations, which lies around 100m east of the Staigue river, close to Staigue bridge. I had luck with the lighting conditions, so the motifs are clearly visible on most of my pictures.
Park at Staigue bridge, walk over the bridge and after 50m there is a gate to your right. Cross the field in a southeast direction to a subsequent path.
Watch for a beaten track that leaves this path on the left, immediately after you leave the field. After about 50m on this track you should see the panel, the main part of the decorations are on the opposite end of the panel.
Visited June 2014
Although I drove the Ring of Kerry a few times, I never stopped to examine this site, as there was no entry on TMA. This time my wife convinced me, that this must be a megalithic site, so we pulled over.
According to Megalithic Survey, it is wholly natural in origin, though local tradition regards the site as a burial monument (see entry for SMR KE106-119---- at the National Monument Service Website.
It consist of a massive “boulder”, which rests on four supporting stones.
Worth a short break, as it just lies a few metres from the road.
Visited June 2014
These site is a must, if you’re in the area. It consists of three wedge tombs surrounded by kerb stones. Some of the kerb stones are erected, others are lying down. If’ve never seen a comparable site before.
As the site is part of a ‘Heritage Trail’, there is a parking area from where a path leads to the site. It was a bit boogy, but I guess it could be very muddy after longer periods of rain.
Apart from that, this is really a great site to visit!
Visited April 2012
Aikey Brae ranks among the TOP5 RSC in Aberdeenshire for me. A splendid location, a huge recumbent, large stones (some fallen) and great views across the countryside. Even the track through a dense woods that leads to the circle is brilliant and mysterious.
Highly recommended!
In addition to a23’s directions, there is now a offical sign at the start of the field track to the circle, as Aikey Brae is part of the “The Stone Circle” trail.
Visited June 2011
This stone circle, excavated by Aubrey Burl, is now heavily overgrown. There is still a surrounding fence and a kissing gate to enter the site inside the litte wood, but inside the fence there are no traces of someone, who looks after the site in terms of cutting the grass and saplings.
So I guess that in a few years, this site will be completely vanished and overgrown, which is a pity, because what I was able to trace was quite nice and the spot in the little wood adds to the atmosphere.
Visited June 2011
This gem is really easy to get to, if you disregard the fact that you have to cross a railway line. To reach the site, drive on the R294 from Boyle to Cloonloogh. Around 2.5km after you leave Boyle you come to a railway underpass, where the R295 bends right. Another 400m later you see a house on the right side, where you can easily park you car. Walk the farm track for about 100m and you reach two gates that help to safely cross the railway line. Be warned, as we visited the site, there were two trains that passed by.
This is really a magnificent portal tomb with a huge capstone, that sits in a threateningly angle on two massive portal stones. I’m not sure, if the capstone is in its original position, but there is now a supporting pillar, that stabilizes the whole structure. I only wonder why this site is not more mentioned in guidebooks of this area, because it really deserves more attention.
If you are in this area, I definitely recommend visiting this tomb!
Visited May 2010
This tomb is a real adventure to get to! The best approach is to drive the R386 from Cong to Clonbur. After ~2km there is a sharp bend to the right with a place to park the car. Leave the car and walk approximately 60m on a forest trail than turn left and walk for about 70m. Look for a small beaten path that climbs a small hillock on which the tomb is located.
When we arrived at the parking area, there was a huge semitrailer full of logs. As a matter of prudence I parked my car away from the semitrailer, to leave enough ground for a tractor unit. A good decision, as you will later see.
Unfortunately we just have the GPS coordinates of the tomb and no directions. As we followed the forest track too long, we approach the tomb from the west, instead from the north. This means we had to chop our way through the undergrowth. Also the underground is limestone, which is overgrown by moos. Several times I broke through and stuck with one legs deep in the limestone! My wife had enough and returned to the car. My son, my nephew and I refused to quit and stumple around in circular movements, until I finally found the tomb. Just at that moment (the smile on my face was not yet faded away), I heared my wife screaming and bawling, that we should immediately return to the car. So we made haste and scaled down the hillock (but certainly not without quickly taking some pictures ;-)).
As we came back to our car, we saw that the semitrailer has taken on a life of its own and moved straight towards our rental car. My wife was a bit pale in her face, as the semitrailer did several movements. Fortunately there was still some distance between the car and the semitrailer, so that I could moved the car out of the danger zone. However I didn’t have the time to examine the tomb more thorough and after the shock we also didn’t want to return to the tomb either.
Visited June 2010
This (still) easy to find site, lies directly besides a field track around 100m from the road right after the first gate. It is signed from the R353, but I didn’t see any hint at the field track itself, that lies around 1km south of the R353.
It seems, that the tomb once had three capstones, with the middle one now collapsed. The tomb is heavily overgrown, which is a shame. Cleared form all these bushes and trees, these tomb would be very impressive.
Visited June 2010
The best way to reach this site is to use the driveway to Cleggan Farm Holiday Cottages, park just before you reach the farm. Use the field track behind the gate, until you reach the second gate (with a shed or stable on the left). Leaving the track after the gate to the left along a field wall you should see the site after a very short time.
Like the nearby tomb at Knockbrack, this lovely court tomb lies in an almost perfect surrounding. Across the bay you can see Cleggan Quay, where boats leave to Inishboffin, which lies to the northwest. A really nice and silent spot, I even could people hear across the bay.
The tomb itself is dominated by a nice shaped capstone, which reminds me a wee bit of a humpback whale head ;-). The tomb is aligned NW-SE in parallel to the shoreline, with the gallery at the NW.
A really nice little gem that invites the guest to stay!
Visited May 2010
This likable little tomb lies near Sellerna Bay, just follow the brown signs to the strand until you reach a parking area. If you look roughly northeast across the bay, you should already spot the tomb.
Unfortunately at the time when I reached the tomb, young bulls grazed on the northern side of the site. As the wall around the tomb is very low, I could not approach or inspect the site very close. So the pictures I take, were more or less zoom shots. Sorry about that.
Visited May 2010
Last week I visited the Turoe Stone in County Galway. With the pictures of the site in mind, I looked around (the site is located in a pet farm), but only found an OPW info board. After a while I realized a second sign before you enter the lawn, that states, that the stone is currently in a program to protect its surface.
This means a wood shed with 2 small windows, that looks like an arbour, is placed over the stone, no wonder that I didn’t find it :-( . As Michail Gorbatschow said: ‘Life punishes those who delay’.
Although I totally appreciate, that the protection of this treasure is very important or a must, I was very disappointed, as this site was on my wish list for a long time. The whole ‘atmosphere’ is lost and I ask myself, if there were no other (and better) possibilities, to protect the stone, while still making a visit a worthwhile trip.
So if you plan to visit the site, be prepared.
Visited June 2010
In her book ‘Irish Megalithic Tombs’ (published by Shire Archaeology), Elizabeth Shee Twohig lists Knockane as a site to visit for County Cork. The site lies southeast of Teerelton and northeast of Cappeen near a farm to the north. Park your car at the farm and ask there for permisson. As you walk from the farm, pass a field and turn right into the undergrowth where the access road bends to the left and watch out for a trail that leads west. Follow this path for about 75m over a small terrace, around bushes and brambles and make sure, that you always have the little wood on your right.
Within a stone’s throw of each other you’ll find two heavily overgrown and moss-covered, but still neat little wedge tombs. Both tombs consists just of a single slab that rests on the side walls, thus building a small gallery. More details are really hard to detect, because the vegatation nearly have smothered entirely both tombs.
So if you want to make further analysis, bring a lawn or hedge trimmer with you ;-).
Visited May 2009
Just 400m northwest of Cahergal lies within eyeshot Leacanabuile, another fine stone fort. To reach the car park for both forts, leave the N70 in Cahersiveen at the post office northbound. Turn left after the bridge that crosses Valencia River and follow this road until you come to the car park on the right side.
The entrance to the fort lies in the east, away from the prevailling wind. Inside are the remains of four houses, in one corner lies a quern- or mill-stone and entrances to two souterrains leads to openings in the enclosing wall. Like Loher, there is a covered drain that leads from the central square house to the fort entrance.
As Leacanabuile lies on a hillock, there are stunning views from the top of the enclosing wall in nearly all directions, particularly to the west towards Killelan Mountain, across Doulus Bay to Valencia Island and south towards Cahergal.
Leacanabuile (from Leaca Na Buaile – the slope of the Booley – summer cow pasture) alone is well worth the small detour, in conjunction with Cahergal, there is no reason at all to exclude these very easy to access forts on your next trip around Iveragh.
Visited May 2008
Loher Stone Fort lies well situated on the foothills of Beenarourke and Farraniaragh Mountain beneath the Ring of Kerry scenic coastal road midway between Caherdaniel and Waterville. Although you can already spot the fort from the layby where Coomakista Pass reach its highest point and the passing N70, you have to drive on until you come to a very sharp turn-off on the left side. Follow this road, that runs parallel to the N70 to the south, until you reach the stone fort.
There is a lintelled entrance to the fort, much of the interior is taken up with the remains of two houses. Beneath the floor of the (older) circular house is a now closed souterrain. There is also a covered drain, that leads from the doorway of the rectangular house towards the entrance. The drystone enclosing wall is around 3m high, on the inner face there a steps that leads to the top level of the well-built wall.
The scenic views from the stone fort across Ballinskelligs Bay are simply overwhelming and, together with the good farmland, pretty sure were one of the reasons to built this defended farmstead, here.
I wonder how many tourists pass by on the Ring of Kerry without even knowing that such a beaty spot lies close by. Most guide books make no mention of it, which is a shame, as it is really a fine stone fort, that ranks only a little (if at all) behind the well-known Staigue Fort.
Visited May 2008
On his superb website https://www.megalithomania.com/, Tom FourWinds describes this bullaun stone as “the mother of all bullaun stones”. And this is absolutely true, as this bullaun is really massive and impressive. It is located near Bonane Heritage Park, drive southeast, than east towards Garranes and Priests Leap from here until you reach Drom-Fiachna cemetery on the left hand side. The stone is located north of the road, between the cemetery and the road.
The stone itself is a flat-topped rock, about two meteres square and embedded in the ground at one side, which reinforce the impression of a small shoulder of rock. All in all I counted eight bullauns with seven turn-stones and in the centre lies a flat, disc-type stone, which is broken into two pieces. The hole of this stone holds a tall phallic stone. Maybe someone broke this stone, while putting some coins under it, as there are many placed underneath it.
Visited May 2009
While driving on the Ring of Beara during my Ireland trip 2008, I came across this nice wedge tomb. Although I pre-plan my trips pretty carefully, I didn’t stumble across this tomb on any of the relevant megalithic websites, which is wondrous, because it is so easy to access. On the other hand, such unexpected lucky strikes can make you very happy or gives you a great pleasure ;-). It lies well-signposted on the R575/R572 junction where the R572 continues to Dursey Cable Car, just before Bealbarnish Gap.
The tomb lies in a field which opens to the sea in the south. Two sidestones and a single roofstone form a small (ruined) chamber, while two large slabs rest against the back of the tomb.
Note that archaeology.ie list this tomb as KILLOUGH EAST (SMR Number CO127-003----), however the signpost clearly names it KILLOUGH WEST. As the tomb is also located in the western part of this townland, I think this is the correct name.
Visited May 2008
This circle lies in a tributary valley of Shehy Mountains formed by Owenbeg River. To find the circle, drive the R584 from Keakil to Gougane Barra and watch for a lane on the left hand, that climbs uphill approximately 2km behind Carriganass Castle. At around 3.6km the lane forks, follow the right track and after about 5km (from R584) the lane ends at a farm on the left hand side. Park here and ask for permission. The circle lies in the field behind the farm, there is a gate between the farmhouse and a barn, use this to enter the field. There you should see the circle downhill.
This circle is a dinky little five stone circle, it’s stones vary marginally in size and none is higher than 1m. This and the location of the circle (more in a hollow) reminds me a bit of Cousane. Burl mentions long views down the valley, which is true for the northwest in some degree, but in the southwest there is a reforested little wood that blocks the sight.
Nevertheless not a spectacular ring, but worth the short trip if you are in the area.
Visited May 2009