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Fishguard harbour
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... and as seen from the ferry
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The Stone Age 7000-2000BC; Camp Site (Hunter-Gatherer, Mesolithic Period)
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dugout canoe
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Early Irish Farmstead (First Farmers, Neolithic Period)
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Stones for grinding flour
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Inside one of the houses
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Portal stone - a dolmen
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The Bronze Age 2000-500BC; Stone Circle (can see the alignment from a stone marking a Cist Burial through the entrance of the stone circle)
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Stone Circle
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The Celtic/Early Christian Age 500BC-1169AD; Ogham Stone
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Celtic Farm
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Weaving inside a Rath or Ring Fort
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Early Christian Monastery
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Corn Drying Kiln
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Crannog
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Round Norman Tower
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Upper Lake at Glendalough
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Mound of the Hostages
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Lia Fail
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Ganesh running from the Mound of the Hostages
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Newgrange
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Entrance Stone (note tri-spiral on left, unique to Newgrange)
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Wooden circle of enclosed village next to Newgrange (later)
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A decorated curbstone
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Little mound in next field - there are 2 such little mounds either side of Newgrange, making 5 in a nearly straight line
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Entrance Stone (as 674)
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Entrance showing roof box (unique to Newgrange)
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Close up of roof box. This lined up with the horizon and the floor of the tomb chamber (the passageway having risen about 2 metres in height.) The 2 days before, day and 2 days after the winter solstice, the sun can shine through the roof box illuminating the passageway with the only direct sunlight it ever gets... unless it's cloudy.
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Ganesh crawling through an early Christian souterrain
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... and coming out the other side 19 seconds later
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Eastern Passage at Knowth
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An early Christian souterrain (perhaps used as a cold-store)
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Wood Circle
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Ganesh in a ditch
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West Entrance to Knowth
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Knowth is a big mound surrounded by lots of smaller mounds - here are 2 of the smaller ones
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Big mound and a little neighbouring mound
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Island
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Cliffs
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Causeway head
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Folk quartet
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... the bodhran player is going so fast that we can't see the beater
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Spider's webs, heavy with dew and water droplets from the fog, make early Christmas Tree decorations
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Onion rocks (formed by heating and cooling repeatedly)
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Causeway from afar
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The geometric tessalation
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Smaller Causeway head
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Ganesh on smaller causeway head
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Ganesh clambering
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The pillars of basalt
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Main causeway
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The cliffs look like steps
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The Organ-pipes
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Causeway close up
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Highest point of the causeway
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Giant's boot
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Bay
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Organ pipes
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Island with odd shaped rock
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The Chimney Pots
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Steam Engine
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View of inside of engine
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cows on beach at Whitepark bay
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Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge from afar - this bridge spans 20m, 24m above rocks and the sea.
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small gorge
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Gan crossing
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Gan crossing (turned round)
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cave from island
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