The Modern Antiquarian is a web site that has evolved around the book by Juilan Cope that explores the megalithic sites of the UK, which quickly becoming on of the greatest repositories of information and images. Ireland has now been added to this gazetteer on the web. What makes TMA special is the many diverse and enthusiastic people who contribute to the contents.

The writings, poetry and megalithithic site information of Anthony Weir. As well as covering Ireland, Anthony shows sites from various European countries too. This site was (and still is) a major source of inspiration and information for me when I first started visiting Irish Sites.

A great site specialising in the megalithic passage tombs of Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Fourknocks, Loughcrew and Tara.

The on site blurb says it all:

An archive of over 2500 photos of stone circles and other megalithic monuments in the British Isles and Ireland. Here you will find portal dolmens, recumbent stone circles, cup and ring carvings, long barrows, cairns, passage graves, wedge tombs, etc. Most sites have full spherical VR panoramas and infrared photography, plus ten figure map references measured on site with our GPS unit.

"A History of the County Dublin" by By Francis Elrington Ball. Six volumes of wonderful information.

This site describes itself thus:

This web site is a rough guide to all of the megalithic sites I have visited in Ireland. I will update the site with new images and add more sites to the list as I visit them. I also have another section showing some of the High Crosses around Ireland and I will try to update these pages on a regular basis.
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The site is beautifully presented and thoughtfully written and features some great photos.

A well produced site that details many interesting theories on astrological properties of many Irish megalithic sites. Many of these are the original work of the website author. It is well worth a good browse to see what possibilities there are.

This database contains summary accounts of all the excavations carried out in Ireland - North and South - from 1985 to 2000. It has been compiled from the published Excavations Bulletins from those years, with a similar format. The Excavations Bulletin was started by Tom Delaney in the early 1970s, and was revived by Claire Cotter in 1985.

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The reports are not comprehensive 'final' reports, but they do offer some good information as to what was found.

This lovely web site covers monuments from all over Europe and is the "oldest" guide (online since February 1996) to European megalithic monuments. Each site featured is well photographed and described.

The Megalithic Portal is contributory site covering megalithic and ancient monuments from all over. Here you can upload your own pictures and notes to add to the database for others to see and benefit from.

"A collection of ancient megalithic sites, mythology, art and astronomy, with some virtual tours, by artist and researcher Martin Byrne." Although this site covers many sites it is especially informative on the main Sligo sites, covering them in more detail than I am able to.

A while ago I had the pleasure of taking Jane around some of the Dublin sites. From sketches made on this visit she painted an exquisite painting of Glendruid and produced a limited set of prints too.

she paints many subjects, but to me her paintings of megalithic sites (mainly British) are truly delightful. Each one seems to capture the spirit of the subject and shows her empathy with these magical places.

Pay her website a visit and browse her portfolio, I'm sure that you will agree with me that she has an eye for stones.

This site has some stunning photos with an unashamed amount of 'Photoshopery'.

Using the most architectural of all the monuments (Portal Tombs) the creator of this site has created some beautiful images.

Some remarkable monuments from Caucasia. An area I've simply got to go to after seeing these. Fantastic!

A fabulous new website concentrating on Ireland's Sheela-na-Gigs. This is from the site's home page and should give you an idea of where it's coming from:

"This is going to be your one stop sheela shop!

Get the latest information, maps and visuals here - all free!
And if there is not enough information on the sheela of your choice, contact me and I'll see what I can dig up for you.

Having wasted a lot of time searching for Sheela sites all over Ireland, I felt there was a gap in the market for more accurate information. For no sooner has a book been published then it is already out of date and, at the rate new sheelas are being found the only sensible way to record these figures is on the Internet.

With new housing estates cropping up all over, and even worse, the National Road system becoming a law unto itself, and quite literally getting away with - Oops! was that a Castle?, it is vitally important to record and protect these figures before Government vandalism becomes even more arrogant."

Like megalithomania there are no adverts and the site is the result of a passion and a level of caring that is beyond most.

The web site of those trying to stop the Tara/Skyrne Valley from being ruined by the Irish Government's plans to build a motorway through it. The planned route will destroy at least 25 known archaeological sites and includes a 26 acre floodlit interchange just one kilometre from the Hill of Tara.

More sensitive and suitable routes were proposed, but rejected! One can only begin to imagine why! Please help support the fight to get the route of the motorway changed by joining their letter campaign and signing the petitions.

This website has some nice photos of the more popular megalithic sites in Ireland and GB, as well as some French examples. Each sites provides a list of nearby sites, a basic desrciption and positional information.

Malta is home to some of the most incredible megalithic temples there is to see. This website covers them in a comprehensive manner, with good information and maps.

If you're planning a trip to Malta then I wholeheartedly recommend consulting this site before you go.

A very brief, but interesting page on the history of the Dingle Peninsular in County Kerry.

A site about the stone rows, standing stones, stone circles etc of the amazingly stone-packed region of Brittany called Carnac. This region has the most incredible structures and is a <i>must visit</i> place for any megalithomaniac.

In the Pyrenese mountains there are many, many monuments and some of them are detailed on these pages. This area of France seems to be little publicised in the megalithic field, which after seeing some of the monuments there, is a real shame. Or is it? At least if you go looking for these then you are quite likely to get to see an unspoilt site.

From the site home page:

"Irish Myth and Legend is made up of many stories and sagas of great adventures, love stories and fierce battles that have been handed down orally through time by the ancient peoples of Ireland. The coming of christianity brought great change to Ireland and its people at the time and enabled those ancient tales to be written down for the first time.

Irish Mythology is made up of three sections or cycles, The Mythological cycle, Ulster cycle and The Fenian cycle."

This site covers all three cycles and also has some local legend pages. A good place to spend a few hours educational browsing.

A page with some good images of prehistoric sites in Menorca, which include some of the most stunning remains to be found anywhere. There is also a link to sites on Majorca.

A comprehensive site detailing the 54 hunebedden (wedge-tomb-like dolmens) in The Netherlands.

The online version of the Stone Monuments Decay study undertaken in 2000 by the Heritage Council, which took a sample of Irish monuments and studied their condition.

Heritage Action is a group of people (who originally got together via The Modern Antiquarian website) who are organising campaigns to save the pre-historic heritage of the UK and Ireland.

The website has details of the campaigns and how you can get involved. Their motto of "Ordinary people caring for extarordinary places" is a very apt one!

Ken Williams takes a beautiful photograph. A selection of his work can be seen on his website, which includes portraits, landscapes and more recently ancient monuments.

A free web site that deals with travel resources. Here visitors can find tourist information about Ireland, such as museums, monuments and archaeology, theatres, art galleries, photos, maps, festivals, events, entertainment, embassies and more.

A site dedicated to Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments of Britain. At the moment it concentrates on the north of England but is soon to expand. A very nicely layed out website.

A very nicely designed website with some excellent images of British megalithic sites.

I have only linked to the photo pages of this site, because the rest of it is in Russian. The dolmens of Russia are simply amazing and seem to follow a complete uniformity that verges on the obsessive.

This site was created to provide those interested with photographs of as many of the main prehistoric sites and structures that can be identified in Jersey today.

A collection of from England, Scotland and Wales. Each one is accompanied by a good write up, which includes directions and observations. Grid references are also given, although not the OS sheet number.