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Neolithic Ireland - (Ardgroom stone circle)

Down the road a bit (and by road I mean overgrown single track with grass in the middle) from the ogham stone is the Ardgroom stone circle and the only other stone circle I got to see on this trip.

Ardgroom stone circle

Seriously atmospheric, in the shadow of mountains and the two drumlins ( Dromárd, and Drombeg) that give it its name in Gaelic. There are 9 of the 11 total stones standing upright in a tight rough circle although there are others dotting the landscape around.

The circle stones are pointed and craggy, reaching into a sky that even in this ridiculous summer was hazy with mist high above the river estuary.

Now I've waxed lyrical about the location - some pictures;

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Later I got a Guinness in a genuine Irish pub (full of tourists, but it was authentically local) and enjoyed some rain that we have still yet to see back here in England!