The equinox is not on the hilltop - the quarter-months either side of it get better markers. Summer cross-quarters are on a distant hilltop. Winter ones at a slight break in the local slope.
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Orange lines mark the annual solar round. Lunistice positions over the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle are blue. More about the Solar Calendar More about the Lunar Calendar More about this placeLook West
Kealkill Stone Circle: Luni-solar rises
The equinox is not on the hilltop - the quarter-months either side of it get better markers. Summer cross-quarters are on a distant hilltop. Winter ones at a slight break in the local slope.
- Breeny More Multiple Stone Circle & Boulder-Burials are 450m south-west (223°)
- Derryarkane Five Stone Circle & Standing Stone are over the ridge, 1.8km south (183°)
- Shandrum Radial Stone Cairn is 3.5km south-west (222°)
- Maughanaclea Five Stone Circle is 3.6km east (78°)
- Mill Little Five Stone Circle, Boulder-Burials & Stone Pair are 6.5km west (278°)
- Gortloughra Stone Pair is 7km north-east (237°).
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