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The Beltany stone circle is a megalithic monument located near Raphoe in County Donegal, Ireland. It is one of the largest stone circles in Ireland, consisting of 64 stones surrounding a raised platform. The circle dates back to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, making it over 3,000 years old.

The bronze age stone circle at Ardgroom on the Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Ireland.

The king of Munster who once rules these lands had seven daughters and two sons. His rival was also a powerful clan chief and the time came when the king had to defend his land. One fateful day the army rode out to battle with the king and his two sons at the head of it. Although victorious, it came at a great cost, as both sons were killed in the fight. The army marched back to the castle, on route passing the ancient druids stone circle that had stood for millennia. The king dispatched a contingent of men to the sacred site and in his grief, he instructed them to push over two of the nine standing stones. This would forever commemorate his two fallen sons. The seven sisters remain standing to this day….

Funky weather over the stone circle

Some of 64 stones of bronze age Beltany stone circle near Raphoe town in County Donegal, Ireland from 2100-700 BC a sacred site of Neolithic monument possibly early passage tomb

Photo taken in Tarland, United Kingdom

Ardgroom Stone Circle is a prehistoric monument located in County Cork, Ireland. It is one of the many stone circles scattered across the country and is situated on the Beara Peninsula. The circle consists of 11 stones, with a central stone standing slightly higher than the others.

Cushendall, County Antrim, Ulster, northern Ireland, pictural effect

The stone circle at Argroom, County Cork, Ireland on a sunny day, looking down towards Kenmare River.

Drombeg stone circle Glandore County Cork Ireland

Avebury, Wiltshire, UK - August 30, 2012: Holstein cows graze around the Avebury stones in Wiltshire, UK

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Prehistoric Loughcrew Tomb complex of County Meath, Ireland

Panoramic view of Castlerigg Stone Circle on a hazy summer morning near Keswick in The Lake District, UK.

Megalithic circle of Drombeg. The Drombeg Megalithic Circle or also called 'Druid's altar' is located in County Cork in Ireland.

Small axial Drombeg stone circle or The Druid's Altar at Drombeg, Glandore, Cork, Ireland with 13 stones in megalithic ruins with panoramic landscape and cumulus clouds in background

The bronze age Uragh stone circle on the Beara Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland.

West Kennet Long Barrow, near Avebury, Wiltshire.

$merry maidens ancient stone circle Cornwall The Merry Maidens (grid reference SW432245), also known as Dawn's Men (a likely corruption of the Cornish Dons Men \$

Sunkenkirk stone circle in the Lake District.

Dark clouds over the standing stones of Drombeg stone circle near Glandore in County Cork in Ireland

Drombeg stone circle, also known as the Druid's Altar, is a prehistoric site located in County Cork, Ireland. It is a megalithic stone circle that dates back to the Bronze Age, around 2000-1400 BCE. The circle consists of 17 closely spaced standing stones, with a flat recumbent stone at the center. Ireland

The Ring of Brodgar on the Orkney islands of Scotland just before dawn.

Lochbuie Standing Stones, Isle of Mull, Scotland

One of a group of megalithic tombs at Carrowmore ancient ritual landscape on the Coolera Peninsula west of Sligo, Ireland built in the 4th millennium BC during the Neolithic period (New Stone Age)

The bronze age stone circle near Ardgroom, County Cork, Ireland.

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