CianMcLiam

I felt like Indiana Jones, cutting my way through the jungle to stumble onto ancient treasure. No heart-eating cannibals around though, thankfully.

29th July 2007

Kerbstone 79 or NW5

Kerbstone 78 or NW4

Kerbstone 23 or SE29

A little bit closer. I’ve been looking at this carving for quite a while and I got this strong feeling it symbolises a sun god sowing seeds and sunshine for a good harvest. Time for some fresh air methinks..

Cairn T right hand recess and decorated chamber orthostat

Cairn X1, decorated slab which seems to have been the backstone of the rear chamber of the cairn which stood here.

Avebury at night, waiting for the moon to rise, early June 2007.

The largest concentration of motifs at the south-western end of the outcrop.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Cove Stones

After tripping on a stone I thought how nice and Carrowmore- like it looked from down there...

Looking down the passage into the rear chamber. Some flash was used to balance out the natural light.

The full passage and end chamber lit by a battery of flashes!

The inner-most sanctum

Full Moon Rising

Approx 00:45am 3-06-07

Nightfall 01-06-07

This stone was found in Kilwarden which I think is near Castledermot Co. Kildare and now sits in the National Museum in Dublin, also works part time as a chair.

When I get more info/co-ords I’ll try and add it as a site.

The bites of many nasty winged enemies are still nagging my hands and arms so it’s necessary to remind myself why it was worth it and more.

The Hag of Beara is a natural weathered outcrop about 6ft long and 3ft high which, with some judicious imagination, vaguely outlines the shape of an old stooping hag. A crescent moon hangs overhead.

There’s a lot more going on on this stone than first meets the eye. Though extremely weathered (unlikely this rock was ever covered) there are remains of a large number of carvings on both carved surfaces that only showed up with extreme side lighting.

Looking into the rear chamber from within the first chamber.

Most of this carving was visible above the bog line!

These are the most heavily eroded carvings, the majority of it is under present ground level.

The ‘Lusty Man’ foreground, Janus figure in the background.

This panel is on the next outcrop to the west of the panel Greywether has given gps co-ords for. It consists of two cup and rings with almost octopus-legs like parallel lines bent in the middle and two cup and rings joined by parallel lines to the right of the pic. Apologies for the odd appearance of the pic, one half was in shade below bushes, the other was in broad daylight.