Wednesday, January 25, 2012

DAY 19: Murreagh to Waterville (Ring of Kerry: Part 2)

The area around the Smuggler's Inn is just gorgeous.




The Smuggler's Inn.

Now heading along Cliff Road towards Waterville.



Still on Cliff Road... the scenery is just so stunning that I'm taking copious amounts of photos and not travelling very far.


Looking back towards Murreagh.

Waterville appears in the distance.


Waterville town limits.  Panorama photo 1...

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Cliff Road, Top Cross.

And back onto the N70 and Ring of Kerry.

A spot of maintenance on the Butler's Arms.


What's this?

Charlie Chaplin was the last person I expected to see in a statue in Waterville.


Loch Currane is on the Ring of Kerry list of sights to see...

Southview Terrace, Waterville.

Still on Southview Terrace.

I swear, this is a road called Lower Main Street, Waterville.


No question that it's utterly beautiful.

Loch Currane, Kerry.


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Loch Currane panorama photo 1...

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Back onto Lower Main Street, Waterville.

The bridge over Loch Currane (the Loch is on the left, ocean on the right).

The sign says 'Currane River'.

Looking towards the coast.

I think that's the ocean in the distance.

Looking inland... that's a waterwheel!

If only.

My first view of the Eightercua stone alignment.

Even from a distance it looks impressive.

And a... FAIRY TREE!

The site features four tall slabs from 1.8m to 3m high running east and west. From one stone a slab runs south and could be part of a tomb chamber or cist set in an oval cairn 1m high.



Surrounding artifacts, including remains of a possible tomb and an ancient enclosure, suggest that the site had a ritual purpose at one time. 

Eightercua is thought to originate from circa. 1700 BC, and by tradition is the burial place of Scéine, wife of the leader of the Milesian invaders, Amergin mac Míled.


Time to look for a B&B.  I'm going to have to backtrack a mile to Waterville.

I didn't get very far this outing but the views were so beautiful.

Clifford's B&B on the N70, Waterville, Kerry.

Panorama from Clifford's photo 1...

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