# @irelandsancienteast on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdQw7z9IMyN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71277062-irelandsancienteast-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/26014dfabf.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14T09:00:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ireland's Ancient East (@irelandsancienteast) — https://gondola.cc/irelandsancienteast

## Caption

Would you believe us if we told you these sites were older than the pyramids? 

A quick history lesson before you swipe...

🏛️ Neolithic - the New Stone Age (roughly 4000–2500 BC). 

🏛️ Megalithic - built from enormous stones (from the Greek mega = large, lithos = stone).

Swipe to see six sites across Ireland's Ancient East:

🪨 Brownshill Dolmen = weighing over 100 tonnes
🪨 Knowth Passage Tomb = older than Stonehenge 
🪨 Loughcrew Cairns = the Hills of the Witch
🪨 Seefin Passage Tomb = perched on a mountain summit
🪨 Linagaun Valley = one of Ireland's lesser-explored prehistoric landscapes
🪨 Proleek Dolmen = a 40-tonne capstone balanced on three stones.

Have you visited any of these? 👇

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland's Ancient East | @irelandsancienteast | https://gondola.cc/irelandsancienteast | Travel Blog |
| ✨ Mischa ✨ | @mischafranco | https://gondola.cc/mischafranco | Social Media Specialist |

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