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Connemara marble or "Irish green" is a rare variety of green marble from Connemara, Ireland. It is used as a decoration and building material. It is used as a decoration and building material. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its colour causes it to often be associated with the Irish identity, and for this reason it has been named the national gemstone of Ireland.
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 ).
Richard III's tomb, of Swaledale white limestone on a Kilkenny black marble plinth. Kilkenny marble or Kilkenny black marble is a fine-grained very dark grey carboniferous limestone found around County Kilkenny in Ireland in the "Butlersgrove Formation", a Lower Carboniferous limestone that contains fossils of brachiopods, gastropods, crinoids and corals. [1]
The ogham stones were carved between 400 and 700 AD. [5] The souterrain is believed to have been constructed around the 9th century AD and is aligned WSW, facing the setting sun. Souterrains were storage sites and places of refuge. [6] [7] In July/August 1867 a local farmer rediscovered the souterrain and ogham stones.
Ballyknockan quarry, or more correctly Ballyknockan quarries, [4] are a collection of disused granite quarries in the village of Ballyknockan, County Wicklow, Ireland. [5] [1] [6] From the early 19th century onward, the site was "probably the most important area for supplying cut stone blocks of granite for the construction of many of Dublin city's major public buildings", according to a ...
121 stones survive, of which 93 are standing and 28 have fallen. They are scattered widely without any clear pattern, except for some in threes (a tall stone, a short stone and a slab), some in pairs (aligned N-S or E-W), and sixteen that form a stone circle 70 m (77 yd) across. The cairns have all been removed. [6] [7]
The Castlestrange stone 3D model. The Castlestrange stone is located in the grounds of "Castlestrange House" near Athleague in County Roscommon, Ireland. [1] It is a granite boulder decorated with flowing spirals in the La Tène style, dating from the Iron Age period between 300 BC and 100 AD. [2] [3]
Dunloe Ogham Stones (CIIC 197–203, 241) is a collection of ogham stones forming a National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Location