Must See Archaeological Sites in Ireland
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Dublin Castle
Historic castle originally built in the early 13th century, serving as a government building, former royal residence, and museum with Norman architecture and archaeological significance.
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Newgrange
Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, located on a rise overlooking the River Boyne, eight kilometres west of the…
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Drombeg Stone Circle
Drombeg stone circle is a small axial stone circle located 2.4 km east of Glandore, County Cork, Ireland.
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Knocknarea
Knocknarea is a large prominent hill west of Sligo town in County Sligo, Ireland, with a height of 327 metres.
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Grianan of Aileach
The Grianan of Aileach, sometimes anglicised as Greenan Ely or Greenan Fort, is a hillfort atop the 244 metres high Greenan Mountain at…
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Newgrange Visitors Centre
Brú na Bóinne, also called the Boyne Valley tombs, is an ancient monument complex and ritual landscape in County Meath, Ireland, located in…
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Dunmore Caves
Dunmore Cave is a limestone solutional cave in Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Staigue Fort
Staigue or Staig is a ruined stone ringfort three miles west of Sneem, on the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.
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Brownshill Dolmen
Brownshill Dolmen is a very large megalithic portal tomb situated 3 km east of Carlow, in County Carlow, Ireland.
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Fourknocks Megalithic Passage Tomb
Fourknocks Passage Tomb is a passage grave and National Monument located in County Meath, Ireland.
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Kells Augustinian Priory
Kells Priory is one of the largest medieval monuments in Ireland. The Augustine priory is situated alongside King's River beside the village…
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Céide Fields
The Céide Fields is an archaeological site on the north County Mayo coast in the west of Ireland, about 4.3 mi northwest of Ballycastle.
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Proleek Dolmen
Proleek Dolmen is a dolmen and national monument in County Louth, Ireland.
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Locations at Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
Carrowmore is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland.
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Kilmogue Portal Tomb
Kilmogue Portal Tomb, also called Leac an Scail, is a dolmen and National Monument located in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Irish National Heritage Park
The Irish National Heritage Park is an open-air museum near Wexford which tells the story of human settlement in Ireland from the…
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Uragh Stone Circle
The Uragh Stone Circle is an axial five-stone circle located near Gleninchaquin Park, County Kerry, Ireland.
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Seefin Passage Tomb
Seefin Passage Tomb is an empty passage grave and National Monument located atop Seefin hill, County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Rathgall Hillfort
Rathgall, or the Ring of the Rath is a large multivallate hill fort near the town of Shillelagh.
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Grange Stone Circle
Grange stone circle is a stone circle in County Limerick, Ireland. It is located 300m west of Lough Gur, 4 km north of Bruff.
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Beltany Stone Circle
Beltany is a Bronze Age stone circle just south of Raphoe town in County Donegal, Ireland. It dates from circa 2100-700 BC.
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