Sheep at Loughcrew Cairn T in the Boyne Valley

Sheep at the Hags Chair - Loughcrew Cairn T in the Boyne Valley, Ireland


Loughcrew Cairn T in the Boyne Valley, Ireland


Loughcrew Cairn T in the Boyne Valley, Ireland


Sheep at Loughcrew Cairn T - Boyne Valley, Ireland

Sheep at Dowth in the Boyne Valley

Sheep at Dowth Megalithic Passage Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Boyne Valley.

Sheep grazing at Newgrange in the Boyne Valley

View from the approach road to Newgrange


Sheep grazing at Newgrange Site B with the Main Passage Tomb in the background

Athgreany Stone Circle in Co. Wicklow

Sheep at Athgreany Stone Circle in Co. Wicklow, also known as the Piper’s Stones.

Sheep grazing at Newgrange in the Boyne Valley.

Sheep grazing at Newgrange megalithic passage tomb in the Boyne Valley

Sheep at Haroldstown Dolmen, Co. Carlow, Ireland.

Sheep on Hill of Tara

The large earth works the Hill of Tara are An Forradh (The Kings Seat) to the left in the photo and Teach Chormaic (Cormac's House) to the bottom right in the photo.

Sheep and Swans at Newgrange

Sheep and Swans at Newgrange, photo by Pat Burns

Sheep at Avebury

Tiny Sheep at Avebury - photo by Pete Glastonbury



Lambs at Avebury - photo by Pete Glastonbury



Lamb in flight at Avebury - photo by Pete Glastonbury



Sheep at Avebury - photo by Pete Glastonbury

A view of Newgrange from the Boyne Walk

A view of Newgrange from the Boyne walk on the south bank of the river Boyne.

Sheep at Castlegrace Motte, Co. Carlow, Ireland

Castlegrace Motte, Co. Carlow - Photo by Megalithicmonumentsofireland.com

Sheep at Loughcrew, Carnbane East, Co. Meath, Ireland.

Sheep at Loughcrew Cairn T - Photo by Megalitica.be

Descent from Carnbane East, Loughcrew - Photo by Gina McGarry

Sheep at Avebury, Wiltshire, England.

Avebury is a large Stone Circle in Wiltshire, England.
Photo by Boulder Centre for Master Builders

Sheep at the Lia Fáil, Hill of Tara.

The Lia Fáil or Stone of Destiny is thought to have been a fertility symbol - Hill of Tara

Sheep at Avebury Stone Circle in the 1960's

Photo by Ken White

Photo from the 1960's of the Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire, England. Avebury consists of a large henge and a massive stone circle surrounding the village of Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is one of the finest and largest Neolithic monuments in Europe, about 5,000 years old. More from Wikipedia ...

Photo by Ken White

Sheep at Castlerigg Stone Circle, Keswick, Cumbria, England

Castlerigg Stone Circle is on the level top of a low hill. There are 38 stones in a circle approximately 30 metres in diameter. Within the ring is a rectangle of a further 10 standing stones. The tallest stone is 2.3 metres high. It was probably built around 3000 BC - the beginning of the later Neolithic Period - and is one of the earliest stone circles in Britain. It is important in terms of megalithic astronomy and geometry, as the construction contains significant astronomical alignments. More ...

Sheep at Cregg Standing Stone, Co. Derry,

Photo by MegalithicMonumentsofIreland.com

Beautiful quartz standing stone (1.8 metres high) also known as The White Stone.

Sheep at Cartronbrack Standing Stone, Co. Longford

Photo by MegalithicMonumentsofIreland.com

Athgreany Stone Circle (The Piper Stones), Co. Wicklow

Athgreany Stone Circle (Pipers Stones), look carefully for the sheep behind the bush. 

Sheep at the outlier located about 50 meters from the stone circle. The story goes that a group dancing to a piper on the sabbath were turned into stones, the outlier being the piper.

Sheep at Shronebirrane Stone Circle on the Beara Peninsula

Photo by Renate Klump - Wanderlust.ie

Many thanks to Ken Williams for identifying the Stone Circle. I was then able to find
another great Sheep photo of Shronebirrane Stone Circle on themodernantiquarian.com


Photo by Chris Bickerton