Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/649 Fishguard harbour Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2547 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/650
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2548 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2549 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/651 ... and as seen from the ferry
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/652 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2550 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/653 The Stone Age 7000-2000BC; Camp Site (Hunter-Gatherer, Mesolithic Period)
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2551 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2552 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/654 dugout canoe
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/655 Early Irish Farmstead (First Farmers, Neolithic Period) Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/656 Stones for grinding flour Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/657 Inside one of the houses
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2553 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2554 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/658 Portal stone - a dolmen
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2555 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/659 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) Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/660 Stone Circle
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/661 The Celtic/Early Christian Age 500BC-1169AD; Ogham Stone Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2556 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/662 Celtic Farm
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2557 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2558 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2559
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/663 Weaving inside a Rath or Ring Fort Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2560 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/664 Early Christian Monastery
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2561 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2562 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2563
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/665 Corn Drying Kiln Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2564 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2565
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/666 Crannog Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2566 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/667 Round Norman Tower
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2567 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2569 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2570
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2571 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2572 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/668 Upper Lake at Glendalough
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2573 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2575 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/669 Mound of the Hostages
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/670 Lia Fail Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/671 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2576 Mound of the hostages, Hill of Tara
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/672 Ganesh running from the Mound of the Hostages Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/673 Newgrange Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/674 Entrance Stone (note tri-spiral on left, unique to Newgrange)
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/675 Wooden circle of enclosed village next to Newgrange (later) Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/677 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/678 A decorated curbstone
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/679 Little mound in next field - there are 2 such little mounds either side of Newgrange, making 5 in a nearly straight line Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/681 Entrance Stone (as 674) Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/682 Entrance showing roof box (unique to Newgrange)
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/683 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/684 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. Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/685 Ganesh crawling through an early Christian souterrain
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/686 ... and coming out the other side 19 seconds later Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/687 Eastern Passage at Knowth Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/688 An early Christian souterrain (perhaps used as a cold-store)
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/689 Wood Circle Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/690 Ganesh in a ditch Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/691 West Entrance to Knowth
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/692 Knowth is a big mound surrounded by lots of smaller mounds - here are 2 of the smaller ones Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/693 Big mound and a little neighbouring mound Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/694 Island
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/695 Cliffs Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2577 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/696 Causeway head
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2578 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/697 Folk quartet Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/698 ... the bodhran player is going so fast that we can't see the beater
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/699 Spider's webs, heavy with dew and water droplets from the fog, make early Christmas Tree decorations Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/700 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2579
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/701 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2580 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/702 Onion rocks (formed by heating and cooling repeatedly)
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Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/704 Causeway from afar Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/705 The geometric tessalation Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/706 Smaller Causeway head
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Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/708 Ganesh on smaller causeway head Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/709 Ganesh clambering Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/710 The pillars of basalt
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/711 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/712 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/713 Main causeway
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/714 The cliffs look like steps Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/715 The Organ-pipes Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2585
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/716 Causeway close up Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2586 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/717 Highest point of the causeway
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/718 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2587 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/719 Giant's boot
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/720 Bay Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/721 Organ pipes Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2588
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/722 Island with odd shaped rock Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/723 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2589
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/724 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2590 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/725 The Chimney Pots
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Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2594 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2595 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/729 Steam Engine
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2596 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2597 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/731 View of inside of engine
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Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/733 cows on beach at Whitepark bay Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2604 Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2605
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/734 Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge from afar - this bridge spans 20m, 24m above rocks and the sea. Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/735 small gorge Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2606
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/736 Gan crossing Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/737 Gan crossing (turned round) Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2607
Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2608 Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/738 cave from island Photo /users/ganesh/banana/2609
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