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Anciently sacred because horizon shape & cyclical celestial patterns are in useful harmony at this place.

Orange lines mark the annual solar round. Lunistice positions over the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle are blue. More about the Solar CalendarMore about the Lunar Calendar

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Clodagh: Standing Stone Pair CO107-040

NGR 11542/05015 (IW15409 ITM 50153 / 51.69798, -9.22419) [Googlemap]

Trajectories 1200BCE. Tap/Click pics for big ones.
NE from Clodagh Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. Clodagh Standing Stone Pair is a National Monument (no.536) in state ownership but not excavated. North of Drimoleague, between Castle Donovan and Dunmanway. Close to a road junction and open to the public.

Views to the north-east are almost completely obscured by trees and cannot be accurately surveyed.

Green lines approximate hidden horizon segments.

Panoramic view with luni-solar trajectories from Clodagh Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland.

South is somewhere on the western side of Milane Hill [Pic].

North is at the right-hand edge of another hilltop [Pic].

E from Clodagh Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. Eastwards, the profile of Milane Hill begins, with the equinox occurring at a break in the slope.

SE from Clodagh Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. The hill forms the south-east, south and far south-west horizons but is forested.

SW from Clodagh Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. The intersect between the western slopes of Milane Hill and distant horizons is partly obscured by trees but would seem to mark the half-month bracket for the winter solstice.

The south-western axis of the pair is towards the northern slope of a distant hill [Enlargement]. The top of this hill is a half-month bracket for the winter cross-quarters and its north basal dip marks the minor end of the lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. cycle.

The winter cross-quarters are at the lowest dip of the far horizon.

W from Clodagh Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. North of the winter cross-quarters the ground begins to rise, providing a good sequence of markers leading up to the equinox which occurs at the top of a slope, as does its next half-month bracket.

The highest top of the next hill is also a half-month bracket - for the summer cross-quarters which occur at the basal step of the next hill again.

NW from Clodagh Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. The terrain then becomes very rocky and thus capable of providing various markers.

The major end of the lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. range turns in the dip before the next upslope.

Another Standing Stone Pair and a Five Stone Circle are about 200m south.

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