Glandore 09 May.
A nice little coastal village with some impressively large houses with big gardens fronting the foreshore. Evidence of the warmer tropical climate of which this region is known for can be seen in the differing trees mainly and plants. On Monday we went ashore for lunch in The Marine Hotel, a little treat for my birthday. After that we walked to the Drombeg stones – from An Drom Beag (The small ridge). The circle consists of 17 symmetrically arranged stones with the 2 tallest or portal stones to the north east forming an entrance, and the lowest south west stone called the recumbent or axial stone. On the winter solstice (21st December) the sun sets at a point on the horizon aligned with the axial stone and the portal stones. The site was excavated in 1957 when the cremated remains of a youth were discovered in an inverted pottery vessel in the centre of the circle.
Coming back we crossed the bay in our tender to visit Union Hall where we topped up with groceries and fresh provisions at a Centra supermarket which for a small out of the way village was surprisingly a well stocked. Once again we are the only ones here, but we did pass someone coming in on our way out on Tuesday morning. We left Glandore on Tuesday morning for Barloge Creek - Lough Hyne.