stones historical ireland

Less than 200m from Kilree Church is Glun Brighde (St. Brigid's Knee) a stone with the imprint of St. Brigid's knees, while a little further north is the inevitable blessed well dedicated to her....

The Goles Alignment is a group of 11 standing stones that run exactly North-South....

An early Christian pillar stone which may have formed the shaft of a 9th century High Cross.
On the south-western face are panels with interlacing, a praying figure, and cross and Saints Paul and Anthony in the Desert.

On the north-east face are panels with interlacing, four animals and facing upwards, a boat with four oarsmen (representing, perhaps, Christ stilling the Waves)....

A church, built around 1200, which served as an auxiliary to the Augustinian Priory of Mohill. The church has simple but attractive east and south lancet windows. The moulding on the outside of the east window ends with two upturned heads.

The plain north doorway was inserted in the 15th century. Beside the entrance to the graveyard an Ogham stone has been re-erected - it is the only one in Co. Leitrim. All that can be read of the inscription is the name of the person commemorate...

Known as 'The Giant's Griddle' and recorded as such on the 1/2 inch O.S. Map, this handsome megalith is fairly well preserved despite forming part of a modern wall into which some of the cairn stones have been built. The chamber lacks at least one of its side stones, but the large capstone is still in position. A cupmarked stone is contained in the wall near the Griddle, and remains of a second tomb lie close by. This monument is not easy to find without asking directions locally, nor is...