Tag: neolithic
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Hiking to the Carrowkeel Tombs
As we headed south into Ireland from Northern Ireland, we stopped at the Carrowkeel Passage Tombs as the middle point of our road trip. We had intended to do a quick stretch of our legs before moving on. When we arrived, we realized the 3 mile out and back hike to the hilltop Neolithic cemetery… Read more
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The Unstan Cairn in Someone’s Backyard
In our previous post, we skateboarded into the Isbister Chambered Cairn (aka Tomb of the Eagles) on the southern end of the Orkney Islands. As we headed back to the ferry from that excursion, we made a quick stop to see another Neolithic chambered tomb: the Unstan Cairn. Read more
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Tomb of the Eagles
We admit that the idea of skateboarding into a 5,000 year old tomb intrigued us into visiting the Tomb of the Eagles (also known as the Isbister Chambered Cairn) on the Orkney Islands. There are so many cairns and tombs in Scotland, the photos of people lying on a board with wheels to get into… Read more
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Stonehenge
Stonehenge actually wasn’t that high on our list of things to see on our 2-week UK roadtrip… but we were passing through that area anyway and so we thought ‘Why not?’ They built it right next to the freeway anyway…. J/K J/K. Read more