🇮🇪 Ireland · Temple complex
Clonmacnoise
Early Medieval (544–1552 CE) · Early Christian Gaelic (Columban tradition)
Great early monastery at Shannon-Esker crossing (544 CE) with cathedral, two round towers, three high crosses and 3,000 graves.
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🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient village
Early Medieval (Early Christian Ireland) · Early Medieval Irish (Uí Briúin)
850-m early medieval alder causeway and 12 x 8 m platform (680–800 CE) — bog-edge iron working.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Temple complex
Early Medieval (544–1552 CE) · Early Christian Gaelic (Columban tradition)
Great early monastery at Shannon-Esker crossing (544 CE) with cathedral, two round towers, three high crosses and 3,000 graves.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Earthwork
Iron Age to Early Medieval (c.1000 BCE–1100 CE) · Iron Age Gaelic → Early Medieval Uí Néill
Donegal hilltop royal cashel (23.5 m diameter) on Greenan Mountain — northern Uí Néill kingship inauguration fort.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Earthwork
Early Medieval (8th–14th century CE) over Late Neolithic traces · Gaelic Early Medieval (Eoghanacht / Dalcassian)
Triple-walled Burren cashel on cliff spur above Carran — Early Medieval high-status ringfort with 13 house platforms.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Temple complex
Early Medieval (c.590–1398 CE) · Early Christian Gaelic (Anchorite tradition)
Wicklow glacial valley monastic city (6th century St Kevin) with 33 m round tower, medieval churches and double lakes.
