On a human scale, it is not so big.
But like Stonehenge, mythology and wide angle lens have made it so... Audrey
passes through the Portal. |
The urge to pile up rocks is irresistable.
The plain where this tomb stands is littered with small compilations of
stones. Are some old? Who knows.
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Sometimes the age of the place, the footsteps
gone before, is overwhelming. This deep cut foot path - cleared
or worn - makes a safe walk between sacred sites. |
A "killeen", marked by a ring of stones,
is a "childrens' graveyard", from the times when unbaptised children could
not be burried in church yards. Maybe they are much older than that.
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The next stop - gravediggers and their work 