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We took an archeological tour along the Slead Head Drive around the edge of the Dingle Peninsula. |
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| A photo of us near the edge of the peninsula. The now-uninhabited Blasket Islands are visible in the distance on the left. |
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| One of the many beehive stone huts that dot the landscape of the peninsula. It is thought that the huts were once used by pilgrims. |
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| One of the 350 Ogham stones around Ireland. These stones have the earliest recorded form of the Irish language, contained in the lines carved into the sides of the stones. The stones may have been grave markers or perhaps marked tribal boundaries -- no one is sure. This stone was moved to an estate on the peninsula in the mid-1800s. |
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| A view of the remains of the 5th or 6th century Riasc Monastic settlement on the peninsula, with lovely hills in the background. The monks certainly picked beautiful spots for their settlements! |
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| The Gallarus Oratory, a tiny church built in the shape of an upturned boat. Thousands of years ago many of St. Brendan's contemporaries lived on the Dingle Peninsula in huts much like this one. This church was built without mortar between the stones, yet is as watertight today as it was when it was built over 1200 years ago. |
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| The cliffs just past Slea Head with the road down to the ferry just barely visible on the left. |
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