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This is a list of megalithic monument on the island of Ireland. Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland , and include burial sites (including passage tombs , portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens) ) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows ).
Child burial ground, on the east side is a former Protestant Church built 1860 or the west side is the site of an old church and burial grounds.. Lissareemig (78 acres) Lios a'Riamaigh (fort of victory). Ringfort in centre. Mannions Island Large and Small; Moulivarde Meall an Bhaird, 'the bard's knoll' Mullagh (173 acres) ''Mullagh, 'summit ...
List of archaeological sites in County Antrim, Northern Ireland A. Aghalee ...
Poulnabrone dolmen is an example of a portal tomb in the west of Ireland. Megalithic monuments in Ireland typically represent one of several types of megalithic tombs: court cairns, passage tombs, portal tombs and wedge tombs. [1] [2] The remains of over 1,000 such megalithic tombs have been recorded around Ireland. [3]
Burials in Irish passage tombs tend to be accompanied by a limited and distinctive range of objects. These grave goods include pins fashioned from bone or red deer antler, carved and polished stone pendants, pieces of quartz, flint or chert tools, stone or chalk balls and a distinctive form of pottery called Carrowkeel ware, named thus because it was first noted in Carrowkeel.
Ireland ratified the convention on 16 September 1991. [3] As of 2025, Ireland has two sites on the list, and a further three on the tentative list. [3] The first site listed was Brú na Bóinne – Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne, in 1993. The second site, Sceilg Mhichíl, was listed in 1996.
Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Ireland C. 1100-1600: A Cultural Landscape Study. Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-090-0. Herity, Michael (1993). "Motes and Mounds at Royal Sites in Ireland". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 123: 127– 151. JSTOR 25509048. Newman, Conor (1998).
The Hill of Tara (Irish: Teamhair or Cnoc na Teamhrach) [2] is a hill and ancient ceremonial and burial site near Skryne in County Meath, Ireland.Tradition identifies the hill as the inauguration place and seat of the High Kings of Ireland; it also appears in Irish mythology.