I run Boyne Valley Tours and noticed how often sheep are in photos of megalithic sites : Newgrange, Tara, Loughcrew, Avebury and more.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Ram at Callanish, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland.


The Callanish Stones are situated near the village of Callanish on the west coast of
the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland.
Photo by Donald Macleod from Stornoway, Scotland.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Sheep at Carnac, Brittany, France


Sheep grazing around the Kerlescan alignment, part of a new management strategy.


Sheep at Carnac by luiginter


Sheep graze among les alignements, the lines of silent stones
that stretch for kilometers around Carnac and Locmariaquer
on Bretagne’s Gulf of Morbihan. Photo by French Letters

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Sheep on the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath, Ireland

Thanks to Martin Dier for the photos of Sheep on the Hill of Tara in the Boyne Valley.


Rath of the Synods - Hill of Tara


Sheep on the Hill of Tara


Mound of the Hostages - Hill of Tara


Rath of the Synods - Hill of Tara


Sheep on the Hill of Tara


Sheep on the Hill of Tara

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Sheep at Dowth in the Boyne Valley

Dowth together with Newgrange and Knowth are the three principal megalithic passage tombs of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site. The mound is 90 metres in diameter and 15 metres high and surrounded by kerbstones, some of which are decorated.

Sheep at Carrowmore, Co. Sligo

More information on Carrowmore

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