Sunday, May 16, 2010

Stone Rings and Swans


This beautiful mute swan was one of about 25 floating gracefully on an inlet along side the roadway. We drove west from Kinsale for a day of site seeing.




Our destination on our drive was the Drombeg Stone Circle. After careful searching, consulting with locals and roadside area maps, we found the circle off a side road surrounded by farmland. The circle was used as a calendar, marking the days of the year and the solstice.

Nearby, two smaller circles indicated the base of a hut used for heating stones. The stones were rolled down the hill into a cistern of water, causing it to boil and allowing meat to be cooked.

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