{"id":452,"date":"2022-05-12T15:47:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/wordpress\/?p=452"},"modified":"2022-05-12T15:47:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:47:59","slug":"loughcrew-cairns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"Loughcrew Cairns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Loughcrew or Lough Crew (Irish: Loch Craobh, meaning ‘lake of the tree’) is an area of historical importance near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland. It is home to a group of ancient tombs from the 4th millennium BC, some decorated with rare megalithic art, which sit on top of a range of hills.<\/p>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loughcrew<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

During my brother Ian’s visit to Ireland, we decided to go see the Loughcrew Cairns. Below are some pictures from the short, but steep (!), hike up to the tombs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was something special about this stone…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fantastic views of the rolling hills in the Irish countryside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The climb is a lot steeper than it looks! Be warned!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the top! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The entrance to the largest tomb is gated. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Several smaller burial mounds surround the largest one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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While not really visible in this picture, the stones are decorated with megalithic art.
It is fantastic that one can walk so close to such a significant part of human history. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The lawn was being maintained by the most eco-friendly lawnmower ever invented. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Proper “Windows XP wallpaper” vibes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That’s it! Definitely a sight to see if you’re visiting Ireland and it’s a special opportunity to walk so close to monuments that are almost 6000 years old. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Loughcrew or Lough Crew (Irish: Loch Craobh, meaning ‘lake of the tree’) is an area of historical importance near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland. It is home to a group of ancient tombs from the 4th millennium BC, some decorated with rare megalithic art, which sit on top of a range of hills. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loughcrew During my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,7,52],"tags":[112,82,79,111,114,113],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-photography","category-travels","tag-cairns","tag-eire","tag-ireland","tag-loughcrew","tag-megalithic","tag-tomb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jvdl.me\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}