Things we saw yesterday
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340019)
Rockingham, Australia
April 10, 2023 3:39am CST
The collage shows some of the things that we saw yesterday on our drive through a small part of Co. Mayo in Ireland. We passed a neolithic wedge grave (top left). It is one of the four types of gallery graves. There were steps to go over the rock wall to get closer but the grass was very wet and we couldn’t afford to get our shoes wet.
Top right is a beautiful stone bridge. I love these bridges, many of which have arches like this. Lower left shows parts of the hulls of two boats which were on the pier in Killala. The hull on the left is an interesting shape I thought. Lower right shows the ruins of an old dwelling. There are dozens of these throughout Ireland but what stories they could tell.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
10 Apr 23
I love old bridges in my region. Whenever I travel out of town, Im always fascinated by the bridges.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
10 Apr 23
@allen0187 and it's nice to see you here too dear brother!
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr 23
We don't have stone bridges in our area at home so I love seeing them here.
@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
10 Apr 23
Nice photos! You saw some really beautiful things yesterday. I love the stone bridge .
Even I don't like getting my shoes wet.
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr 23
@arunima25 I might leave them in the car now that Vince can drive again.
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
10 Apr 23
@JudyEv It's okay. You can carry them with you next time in case you might need them.
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@aninditasen (16389)
• Raurkela, India
10 Apr 23
The dewelling are big enough which indicates that maybe big families lived in them.
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@aninditasen (16389)
• Raurkela, India
11 Apr 23
@JudyEv A big manson like that is build for many people to stay.
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
23 Apr 23
Very interesting pictures. Do you know how old the graves are?
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
24 Apr 23
@JudyEv Interesting. I love to walk in old cemeteries.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
10 Apr 23
Lovely photos!
Thanks for sharing.
Particularly interested in those gallery graves.
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr 23
I was going to do a whole discussion on it but there is really too much information to try to condense. The wedge tomb is only one type of gallery grave.
We have seen a lot of old gravesites/tombs/dolmens/stone circles etc here. All are interesting.
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@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
11 Apr 23
Just lovely Judy but I know that wet grass
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@rainbowsalt (129)
• India
10 Apr 23
The stone bridge and the old dwelling is so beautiful.
Hope you had fun visiting them.
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@BarBaraPrz (47313)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Apr 23
That gravesite looks like a pile of deconstruction debris.
I suppose that dwelling was abandoned because they couldn't or wouldn't get the thatched roof replaced. I understand little critters like to move into the thatching. The stonework on it still looks fairly solid.
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr 23
Wouldn't it be spooky if a ghost turned up on a photo?
@wolfgirl569 (106271)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Apr 23
Old bridges are lovely. I don't know much about boats. But that is different from what I have mostly seen
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