Trawlebane Stone Circle

Another great day, we headed out to Trawlebane to visit Bridget , accompanied by Robert and Finola. Trawlebane is somewhere in the hills behind Bantry and is an incredibly scenic spot, full of rolling hills, ancient monuments and a mass of tiny roads. We get lost every time we go there and today was no different! We rolled up in time for a delicious lunch, and thus fuelled set out for a bracing walk. The weather was glorious but the breeze stiff. So much to see and admire on the route though. We examined:
two cillíns (unbaptised children's burial grounds)
a goose house  - a small stone building cut into a wall (see extra)
a mass rock - complete with teeny wart well
the Rabbit's Ears - a standing stone, split in two, like a rabbit hiding in  the pasture
a little gate complete with intricate spirals
and this rather sweet little five stone circle complete with thatched interior! It shouldn't have that thatch but field stones have been placed within and nature has taken hold.
Rather alarmingly the area was once known as Murdering Glen after a fierce bad man who would lure passersby by into his fold, murder them and nick all their god. The gold is meant to be hidden in the hills somewhere.
We also had a mooch around an old an empty farm, admired Chief O Neill's colourful home (a gatherer of traditional Irish music and one time Chief of police in Chicago!) and had a quick dance at the crossroads, another old tradition! And on the way back were passed by Bridget's son plus three pigs off to a new home, never a dull moment.


It's Derelict Sunday, off to admire your pix but first I have to rustle up some pasta.