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Originally Posted by Morthoron
I've been to many of Ireland's megalithic sites. Let me tell you, there is definitely an odd feeling one gets going down a tunnel deep into a tumulus that was delved by someone 4000-5000 years ago. The passage tomb at Knowth in particular. Barrow Wights indeed.
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Alan Lee was certainly onto something when he chose to base his sketches of the Barrows on Maes Howe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maes_Howe
These are all chambered tombs, but for a real creep out you should visit the west country. The Cornish fogou or 'creep' is probably one of the most sinister (yet strangely nice) things you can ever experience.