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Gallarus Oratory is a stone building on the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland, with a corbel vaulted roof and a small window. It may be an early Christian chapel, a Romanesque church, or a shelter for pilgrims, but its date and purpose are uncertain.
Dingle is a town in County Kerry, Ireland, on the Atlantic coast and the Dingle Peninsula. It has a rich history of trade, fishing, agriculture and culture, and is a popular tourist destination and a Gaeltacht area.
Learn about the history, geography, culture, and attractions of the Dingle Peninsula, the northernmost and westernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry, Ireland. Discover its archaeological sites, literary heritage, music, and film locations.
A clochán on the Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland A reconstruction of a square-shaped beehive hut at the Irish National Heritage Park, County Wexford. A clochán (plural clocháin) or beehive hut is a dry-stone hut with a corbelled roof, commonly associated with the south-western Irish seaboard.
This cashel (stone fort, 27 metres (89 ft) internal diameter [4]) was in use in the 7th–10th centuries, with later reuse in the 13th century. [5] It is similar to the cashel at Leacanabuaile. [6] It was excavated by Erin Gibbons in the late 1990s. A pit containing organic remains was found — apple, blackberry, hazelnut and grape seeds.
Pre-Romanesque remains include a corbelled building, perhaps a monastic cell; an alphabet stone; an Ogham stone; a sundial; a stone cross; and some bullauns. [8] [14] One of the bullauns is associated with the mythical cow Glas Gaibhnenn. [15] The alphabet stone is carved with "DNI" (domini) and the Latin alphabet in uncial script, carved c. AD ...
Garfinny Bridge is a dry stone bridge made without mortar: the arch consists of radial stones which ‘spring’ from stones projecting over the river in a corbelling technique. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is the only bridge to be an Irish National Monument .
Ballintaggart Ogham Stones are located inside a round enclosure (diameter 30 m / 100 ft), immediately east of Dingle racecourse and southeast of the town. History. The stones were carved in the 5th and 6th centuries AD and served as burial markers.