Megalithomania.com is a site originally dedicated to Irish megaliths, but now expanded to include all sorts of antiquities that are of importance/interest.

My third book about Ireland's prehistoric heritage, Monu-Mental About Prehistoric Antrim, is now available and, like my first two books, Monu-Mental About Prehistoric Dublin and Monu-Mental About Prehistoric Waterford, is available in the shops or from this website - just click Shop at the top of the page.

I try and visit sites as often as I can, trying to get out twice a month, but failing lately due to work pressures. For quick access to the latest trips use the link on the menu bar. To browse all the sites I've visited over the last 7 years use the links on the left-hand side.

Until we meet in the stones ... Ride On!!

Tom

Highslide Integration

I have started to add Highslide to the website after I was asked to add Light Box functionality via the Suggestions topic in the forums.

It is now rolled out across the website and forum gallery.

There are still some tweaks I wish to make to it that I should get done by March 21st.

Join The Megalithomania.com Forum

Here's a big step for megalithomania! I've added a forum!

Lots of people have emailed me asking for this and I was recently thrown off a well-known forum, so here it is:

The Forums

I'll add a link on the left menu soon.

A Quick Trip To Laois - Tuesday, 16th March 2010 

I haven't been to many sites in Laois, but then there aren't many sites in Laois to go to. I had a quick look at the barrow cemetery at Great Heath, where I've been to one barrow, but the rest are spread across a golf course. I think this is one for early one Summer morning.

So, I set off to visit the Rock of Dunamase and a holy well and church. I've seen the castle on the Rock of Dunamase many times and often pondered its location as it looks to be surrounded by small hills. After sitting on the top with a flask of coffee for a while I started to see what the site is about and why it is actually so good for a castle.

The church wasn't as spectacular as I'd hoped, but someone is looking after the place and work appears to be going on to make it nice. The holy well, just down the road from the church, is a bit of a mess and needs tidying up and a bit of TLC. Perhaps it's just because it's winter (I know it's spring, but it feels like winter!) and it may get a bit of attention when the weather improves.