The Grange Stone Circle in Lough Gur, County Limerick.
Posted on 09/03/2022 5:48:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
An Irish archaeological photographer has discovered a remarkable series of prehistoric carvings at the Grange Stone Circle in Lough Gur, County Limerick.
Ken Williams, a leading Irish archaeological photographer, has developed methods of lighting stones so that they can be photographed to maximum effect, allowing him to find a series of carvings over the past few years.
Williams was returning to check the stones at Grange Stone Circle as part of his research when he discovered the new carvings.
The new carvings are particularly spectacular due to the presence of concentric circles and arcs found on the back and sides of a stone at the north entrance passage to the prehistoric enclosure.
Dr. Elizabeth Shee Twohig, who has published extensive research on megalithic and rock art, remarked that the carvings are extremely rare for Munster and Connacht.
"The carvings are quite like those at passage tombs in the North and East of the country, such as Knowth and Newgrange, but there is only a single carved stone of this kind in Munster or Connaught," ... "It is possible that the stone is contemporary with the banked enclosure henge at c.3000 BC and was incorporated into the circle built inside the enclosure at a slightly later date." ...
The Grange Stone Circle is the largest standing stone circle in Ireland, measuring 150 ft in diameter and enclosed by 113 stones.
The circle's largest stone is Rannach Chruim Duibh, which weighs over 40 tons and is over 13 ft tall.
The circle comprises a ring of continuous upright stones backed by a nine-meter-wide earthen bank reaching 1.2 meters in height.
...Williams said he plans to publish the new carvings in an academic paper, where he will describe the art and discuss comparable examples.
(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...
Got any good ones? 🤪😆
Experts, who have partially translated one of the carvings, say it reads “There once was a man from Nantucket . . . .
originally appeared on album "The Tain".Horslips - Dearg Doom (1973) HQ | August 13, 2013 | lunarmountains
There once were some carvings in stone,
Whose presence were always unknown,
And then, as they say, in the light of the day,
Their presence were suddenly shown.
(from memory, from Nat Geog map of Ireland)
Limerick’s an historic city,
eleven hundred years old what a pity
that this Georgian delight
of industrial might
is best known for verses half-witty.
Hopefully not too new.
New carvings discovered at prehistoric stone circle in Limerick
NEW carvings? How often do they update the carvings?
I see we have competition. 🤪😀🧐🤨😆👍
Old guys revisited.
There once were some old carvings in Limerick!
That’s a good start. Keep going. 🤗
The limerick packs laughs anatomical
Into space that is quite economical.
But the good ones I’ve seen
So seldom are clean
And the clean ones so seldom are comical.
There was a young lady from Natchez
Whose clothes were covered in patches.
When asked why it was
She said “Twas because
When I itches, I scratches.”
There was a young thief from Des Moines
Who happened to get kicked in the groin.
When asked what caused it
He said “the Hoss did it.”
And nevermore could purloin.
I was thinking it is a prehistoric limerick... 🤓
There was young lady from Yonkers
Who was driving the young men bonkers.
When asked why it was thus,
She replied with a fuss,
“ Oh! They only want to look at my honkers.”
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