This is the north face of Ben Bulben, in Ireland (apparently access from the south is much easier). I should think the first modern humans to reach the summit must have found artifacts dating back for millennia.
Via Titam et le Sirop d'Erable.
03 March 2010
Ben Bulben
This is the north face of Ben Bulben, in Ireland (apparently access from the south is much easier). I should think the first modern humans to reach the summit must have found artifacts dating back for millennia.
Via Titam et le Sirop d'Erable.
That is a beautiful sight!
ReplyDeleteI've had the pleasure of seeing Ben Bulben in person- that photo does not do it justice.
ReplyDeleteClearly that is an old dwarf fortress from ancient times. The dwarves used it to collect toll from bypassers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, so imposing and majestic. You could dress in some period style clothing and stand on top and feel as though you had litterally turned the clock back!
ReplyDeleteOr tombs of powerful queens.
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It is almost as if you are seeing into another world. Magical.
ReplyDeleteLet's not forget the last lines of Yeats' "Under Ben Bulben" (near his family's home in Sligo):
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Under bare Ben Bulben's head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!