Archaeology 360: Grianán of Aileach, Inishowen, Donegal
In 2020 the question ‘Where did you go on holiday?’ is a more potentially loaded one than I’ve ever known before. Back in February and March we had plans! Oh such plans! They involved airplanes and international travel, but they were not to be. Along came Covid-19 and all hope of such distant delights seemed to evaporate and vanish like a haze on a misty morning – or some other dollop of purple prose. We had the time to take and desire to get away from home, so we hunted around for a place to stay with access to good beaches and cool archaeology. That’s why we set forth across the border for the distant delights of Donegal. It might not come as a huge surprise to learn that I brought the 360-degree camera along for the trip and that the following series of posts all concern our family’s adventures in that gorgeous, beautiful county. Our first stop on our trip was to see the magnificent Grianán of Aileach. In all my years in archaeology, I’d never managed to get to get to see ...