DAY TEN: Mallow to Mallow

Leaving Annabella 4 Star Lodge Bed and Breakfast, Kennell Hill, Mallow, for the plethora of megaliths in the area.  

I have GPS coordinates for most of them, which I use to guide as I drive because, as I've discovered, the vast majority of country roads aren't named.  Unfortunately they're not always accurate as you can see from the picture above.  There's supposed to be a very noticeable stone circle in that field according to the coordinates.

Sometimes I have to reference other photos the sites to distinguish landmarks.  From the road this looks like a chimney to a house.  You can see the rook just to the left of the upright structure to the left.

Thanks to other photos of the site I know that this is a 3 metre standing stone at Knocknakilla.

Just down the road I stumbled across a dolmen that I hadn't seen on any map.

After a bit of research I was able to find that this is a fine example of a modern dolmen.

Knocknakilla, Cork.

Millstreet Country Park has some fine examples of a stone circle, a stone alignment, glacial deposits, and reconstructions of Bronze Age buildings...

...none of which can be seen from the roadside.  I had to settle for the virtual tour.  

It's a stunning vista.

Heading down towards the town of Millstreet, population: 1,500.

Ballynagree Stone alignment, Cork.

On the hunt for stones at Dooneens, Cork.

This stone was by the roadside but it didn't match photos of the stones I was looking for.  Possibly unidentified megalith?

I didn't find the stones at Dooneens but in Danu's name the countryside was spectacular!

Calling it quits at Ackworth B&B, Navigation Road, Mallow.

With so many sites to see I have to plan a route.  I travelled north from Cork to Mallow a couple of days ago (route on the right) and now I'm making my way southwards to the coast - the route on the left was just from today.  With so many sites visited and only a few photos to show for it, it's hard not getting frustrated.