Ballyrenan Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Ballyrenan Portal Tombs are situated in an overgrown field by the Ballyrenan Rd just off the B84 at Baronscourt, Co Tyrone. The second tomb is hidden in the undergrowth
Ballyrenan Portal Tomb
Altar Wedge Tomb
Altar Wedge Tomb, Mizen Head Peninsula, Co Cork, Ireland
Altar Wedge Tomb over looking Toormore Bay
Situated near the roadside, close to the shoreline on the eastern edge of Toormore Bay
Ards Beg Portal Tomb – Revisited
Ards Beg Portal Tomb, Ailt, Ardsbeg, Co Donegal
Link to previous visit here https://www.tonyoneill.org/2017/03/03/ards-beg-portal-tomb/
Haroldstown Portal Tomb
Haroldstown Portal Tomb, Co Carlow, Ireland
Loughmoney Dolmen
Loughmoney Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland
A ring of stones encircle Loughmoney Portal Tomb
Ballylumford Dolmen – revisited
Ballylumford Dolmen (Portal Tomb) aka The Druid’s Altar
Ballylumford Dolmen, Islandmagee, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Annadorn Dolmen
Annadorn Dolmen, Loughinisland, Co Down, Northern Ireland
The north side of Annadorn Dolmen
Ballykeel Dolmen painting
Ballykeel Dolmen oil painting, 2019
Glenknock Portal Tomb
Glenknock Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Crosh Portal Tomb
Crosh Portal Tomb, Co tyrone, Ireland
Malin More Portal Tombs
Malin More Portal Tombs, Co Donegal, Ireland
The large portal tomb viewed from the north
Kilclooney More Dolmen
Not the famous one that’s a bit further north up the R261 but a small portal tomb surrounded by reeds
“Other” Kilclooney More Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Co Donegal, Ireland
The Giant’s Griddle – Tawnatruffaun Portal Tomb
The Giant’s Griddle – Tawnatruffaun Dolmen, Co Sligo, Ireland
Clonlum South Megalithic Tomb
Clonlum South Megalithic Tomb, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
Moneygashel Portal Tomb
Moneygashel Portal Tomb, Co Cavan, Ireland
Moneygashel Dolmen is located a short distance from Moneygashel Cashel
Leitrim Portal Tomb
Leitrim Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Drumanone Portal Tomb
Drumanone Portal Tomb aka Tinnacarra Dolmen, Co Roscommon, Ireland
Annaghmore Portal Tomb
Annaghmore Portal Tomb, Co Leitrim, Ireland
Aghnacliff Portal Tomb
Aghnacliff Portal Tomb, Co Longford, Ireland
Cleenrah / Cleenrath Portal Tomb
Cleenrah Dolmen aka Cleenrath, Aughnacliff, Co Longford, Ireland
Kilclooney More Dolmen revisited
Kilclooney More Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Co Donegal, Ireland
The portal tomb viewed from the south (above)
…viewed from the south east (above)
… viewed from the east (above)
… viewed from the north east (above)
… viewed from the north (above)
and viewed from the north west (above)
Poulnabrone Dolmen, revisited
Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, The Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
I photographed Poulnabrone 25 years earlier on film and when there was no rope barrier – you can see the results here https://www.tonyoneill.org/2016/12/04/poulnabrone-dolmen/
Goward Dolmen revisited
Goward Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland
I photographed this a year earlier and later in the season (I think more successfully) anyway this time the grass was cut so there’s more structure visible and also two contre-jour images
Ards Beg Portal Tomb
Ards Beg (Ardsbeg) Portal Tomb, Co Donegal, Ireland
Poulnabrone Dolmen
Poulnabrone Dolmen a portal tomb in the Burren, Co Clare, Ireland
Legananny Dolmen
Legananny Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Wateresk Dolmen
Wateresk Dolmen (Slidderyford Dolmen). Co Down, Northern Ireland
Wateresk Dolmen (Slidderyford Dolmen) with the mountains of Mourne in the background
Goward Dolmen
Goward Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Goward Dolmen has a huge cap stone said to weigh 50 ton
Goward Dolmen known locally as Pat Kearney’s Big Stone after a local who lived in a cottage behind the dolmen
Kilkeel Dolmen
Kilkeel Dolmen aka The Crawtree Stone, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Kilfeaghan Dolmen
Kilfeaghan Dolmen, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Giant’s Ring
The Giant’s Ring at Ballynahatty showing the passage grave near its centre. Ballynahatty, Belfast, Co Down, Northern Ireland
The henge monument at Ballynahatty (the Giant’s Ring) – is roughly 180m across with a neolithic passage grave near the centre.
Proleek Dolmen
Proleek Dolmen, Cooley Peninsula, Co Louth, Ireland
Ticloy Dolmen (the Stone House)
Ticloy Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Glencloy, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Ticloy Dolmen with Slemish Mountain in the mist
Craigs – The Broadstone
Craigs (The Broadstone), Long Mountain, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Craigs Dolmen (Passage Tomb)
Craigs Lower Passage Tomb, Rasharkin, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Ballylumford Dolmen – The Druid’s Altar
The dolmen just in front of the entrance to a house
Ballylumford Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Islandmagee, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Glenroan Portal Tomb and Glenroan Wedge Tomb
Glenroan Portal Tomb and in the background Barnes Gap
Glenroan Portal Tomb, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
The Ruins of Glenroan Wedge Tomb
Ballykeel Dolmen
Ballykeel Portal Tomb, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
Ballykeel Portal Tomb, located within the Ring of Gullion in south Armagh
Ballykeel Dolmen, known locally as the ‘Hag’s Chair’
Kilclooney More Dolmen
Kilclooney More Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Co Donegal, Ireland
Kilclooney More Dolmen built more than 4000 years ago
Beside Kilclooney More dolmen are the remains of a smaller tomb
Kilclooney More Portal Tomb colour photograph and Infrared photograph from same perspective
Tirnony Dolmen
Tirnony Portal Tomb, Derry, Northern Ireland
