Archeological Tour of Dingle peninsula

Archeological Tour of the peninsula

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Reask Monastic Site, fourth or fifth century AD.
The monk's oven.


Gallarus Oratory; seventh century. Really gorgeous, it's difficult to convey in the photo- corbelled rock - each stone so well placed that it seemed absolutely airtight.


Ogham Stones. One of the earliest forms of Irish script carved on what were basically tombstones, letting passers by know that "Osric was here, son of so and so, brave warrior" etc.. Popular in the fifth century as serious grave markers, they became re-popularized in the 18th century when they became chic lawn furniture. You just HAD to have them. So they removed them from their original locations and put them in their gardens. English lords especially. Like pink flamingos today.




The spit of land the family castle stood upon. Ferriter's Castle stood right there, on Ferriter's Cove. Nice little beach they have there, lots of caves for hiding and murdering. Then Cromwell came, and that was the end.


Town sign for Ballyferriter, in the Irish, don't you know.

Dingle Town

Dingle town, with a big stream running through it.
Need a wrench? Or maybe a screwdriver? (the vodka and orange juice kind) at this handy bar and hardware store...
Look Ma, check out the name of the shop! Our family shop, as it were.



They like to recycle.

I know, it's blurry- dusk in the harbor.






We were walking the path along the water trying to get to an old tower.

But we were cowed by cows, who were right in the path. You can't tell from the photo, but there was a steep drop to the harbor on the right hand side. On the left, more cows. They were none too friendly. Note the tower in the distance that we could not get to, due to bovine intimidation. Stinkin' cows.


Terry pointing at fishy in stream- our B&B's garden.