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| Lough Gur Wedge Tomb |
After hopping back on the bus we went to another wedge tomb. This one was much smaller than Labbacallee. The most interesting thing about this one was that, for a time, there was an old woman living in it. This is not a rumor or legend by the way, it is actually recorded that a woman lived there in the 19th century.
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| Grange Stone Circle |
Our final stop was Grange Stone Circle. This was much larger than Drombeg and the stones formed a continuous circle. It was also a much closer perfect circle. It is quite likely that they did this by putting a post in the center and dragging a rope around it in a circle and marking the spots for the stones.
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| Offerings at Grange Stone Circle |
Here, as at Drombeg, there was also a spot for people to leave offerings. I was kinda shocked when some other students made a move to take things from the offerings. In the end they didn't, but I still found it a bit odd.
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| UCC Excavation |
There had been some debate as to the date of this site, so UCC actually did a partial excavation of it and determined that while it was used in the Bronze Age, it was constructed earlier. The hole has been left open because the person who was going to use the equipment to fill it in had to go fill out more paper work.
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| A Photo Snapped Really Quickly |
One thing I wish had gone differently on this field trip was that we got a chance to explore the sites more on our own. At every site it we: walked up, gathered, listened to our professor for a while, turned around, and got back on the bus. I really liked how in my Early Start Program we were given at least a few minutes to explore and take photos.
All in all though, seeing archaeological sites and meeting more people in my class was pretty great.
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