Friday  June 12, 2009

The Dingle Peninsula and Mt. Eagle

We drove a loop around the Dingle Peninsula which has many ancient sites.  Eleven intrepid souls did a traverse of Mt. Eagle.

The only vaguely marked way started on some narrow country roads.
We zigzagged our way past many sheep
onto the summit ridge and into the clouds
where peat harvesting was being done.
We reached the summit in near white out conditions.
Finding the trail down was a struggle.
	The hike ended at the two-lane highway where our bus awaited us near a cafe.

After lunch we continued our drive around the Dingle Peninsula.  Occasionally there were obstacles.  We stopped at several ancient sites.
Gallarus Oratory , built of dry rubble masonry about 1300 years ago.	Cross marker and bed of stones adjacent to the Oratory
Style in the church wall.	Kilmalkedar Church
Kilmalkedar Burial Ground

The evening was spent wandering about Dingle.

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