The shell jewellery illustrated. From v2 of the journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
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Image credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
Rhiannon
From v2 of the journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
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Image credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
No, this doesn’t really look like the site. But Mr O’Neill says of his drawing: “In the accompanying illustration I have ventured on representing the Mount Venus rock chamber, as I conceive it appeared when undisturbed, in order to give an idea of its gigantic character.”
In v2 of the journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
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Image credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
From v2 of the journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
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Image credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
From v2 of the Journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
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Image credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
From v2 of the journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
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Image credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
From v2 of the Journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
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Image credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
From v2 of the Journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
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Image credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
Called ‘Shanganagh’ in the article, I think this must be the right cromlech as it matches the shape in Cian McLiam’s photo almost perfectly.
From v2 of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society’s journal.
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Image credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
From the Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society, v2.
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and looking from almost exactly the same angle as the Postman’s photo.
Image credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
Plate XX, figure IX, in ‘Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall’ (1769).
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Image credit: William Borlase
From ‘Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall’ (1769).
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Image credit: William Borlase
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from ‘Archaeological and historical collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway’ (1888).
Image credit: WHR
From the Scottish Journal of Topography.. v1, 1847.
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Included for its romantic interpretation of what was probably a torc being a druid’s mistletoe secateurs. Canmore’s record suggests its whereabouts is unknown.
canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/13506/details/druidtemple/
Image credit: JCP
Image credit: Mr Lukis
From volume 5 (1882) of The Antiquary, and was intended to illustrate the contemporary appearance of the circle.
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Image credit: The Antiquary
“A near view of the Aperture on Graned Tor.”
An Account of the Druidical Remains in Derbyshire. In a Letter to the Right Honourable Frederick Montague, FAS. By Hayman Rooke, Esq. FAS. In Archaeologia v12 (1796).
Image credit: Hayman Rooke
An Account of the Druidical Remains in Derbyshire. In a Letter to the Right Honourable Frederick Montague, FAS. By Hayman Rooke, Esq. FAS. In Archaeologia v12 (1796).
Image credit: Hayman Rooke
An Account of the Druidical Remains in Derbyshire. In a Letter to the Right Honourable Frederick Montague, FAS. By Hayman Rooke, Esq. FAS. In Archaeologia v12 (1796).
Image credit: Hayman Rooke
An Account of the Druidical Remains in Derbyshire. In a Letter to the Right Honourable Frederick Montague, FAS. By Hayman Rooke, Esq. FAS. In Archaeologia v12 (1796).
Image credit: Hayman Rooke
From Edmund Bogg’s ‘The Old Kingdom of Elmet’ (1902).
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Image credit: G T Lowe
From Edmund Bogg’s ‘The Old Kingdom of Elmet’ (1902).
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Image credit: Percy Robinson
Image credit: Arch. Camb. v13 s3 (1867)
Image credit: Arch. Camb. v13 s3 (1867)
Image credit: Arch. Camb. v13 s3 (1867)
Image credit: Arch. Camb. v13 s3 (1867)
Image credit: Arch. Camb. v13 s3 (1867)
Image credit: Arch. Camb. v13 s3 (1867)
From William Borlase’s article in the Proceedings of the Antiquaries Society of London, which describes his excavations between 1863 and 1867.
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Image credit: WB
From Hayman Rooke’s article “An account of some Druidical Remains on Stanton and Hartle Moor in the Peak, Derbyshire.”
Image credit: Archaeologia v6, 1782.
From Hayman Rooke, Esq.‘s article “An account of some Druidical Remains on Stanton and Hartle Moor in the Peak, Derbyshire”.
Image credit: Archaeologia v6, 1782
From an article called “Account of a singular Stone among the Rocks of West Hoadley, Sussex” by Thomas Pownall.
Image credit: Archaeologia v6, Jan. 1782.
Image credit: Inventory of Ancient and Historical Monuments of the County of Montgomery (1911)
In ‘A Royal Warren’ by C E Robinson (1882)
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Image credit: Alfred Dawson
‘The promontory forts, County Waterford.‘
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From the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1906) – an article called ‘Notes on certain promontory forts in the counties of Waterford and Wexford’.
Image credit: T J Westropp
Image credit: Colonel Grove White, June 1906
corkpastandpresent.ie/places/northcork/grovewhitenotes/caherduggantocastlehyde/gw2_42_58.pdf
From the ‘Grove White Notes’ on Cork City Council’s website.
Image credit: Colonel James Grove White
From the Journal of the County Loauth Archaeological and History Society, v1 September 1906, in ‘The Legend of Proleek’ by J H Lloyd.
Graffiti isn’t just a modern day issue.
Image credit: H G Tempest
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From v38 of the Journal of the British Archaeological Association (1882).
Image credit: CW Dymond
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From v38 of the Journal of the British Archaeological Association (1882).
Image credit: CW Dymond
From ‘Churches of West Cornwall‘
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Image credit: JT Blight (1885)
From JT Blight’s ‘Churches of West Cornwall’ (1885).
Image credit: JT Blight (1885)