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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

mega-what / ancient sacred places / Ireland, West Cork, Glengarriff

Canrooska: Standing Stone CO090-023

NGR (IV 93490 ITM 58403 / 51.76837, -9.54362) [Googlemap]

Trajectories 1200BCE. Tap/Click pics for big ones.
Panoramic view with luni-solar trajectories c.1200BCE from Canrooska Standing Stone, Cork, Ireland. Canrooska Standing Stone is a couple of kilometres north of Glengarriff. It is the north most and highest of a five site local group of mid-late bronze age monuments.

South is marked by a distant hilltop above a local dip and indicated by the stone's orientation [Pic].

North is in a prominent dip on the left flank of the local hill and is indicated by the stone's orientation [Pic].

NE from Canrooska Standing Stone, Cork, Ireland. The north-east is very local. The skyline has the remains of a sod & stone townland boundary but the major standstill, summer solstice and cross-quarter all have good natural markers.

E from Canrooska Standing Stone, Cork, Ireland. To the east, the local ridge at its closest is c.90m away but the equinox is indicated by an erratic boulder that is much closer (c.13m). Two stones visible just to its north are part of an old field wall while the gorse/furze just south of it is growing on top of two more stones a similar distance away that may just cut the distant horizon. The stone's axis is towards the equinox / cross-quarter mid­point.

SE from Canrooska Standing Stone, Cork, Ireland. In the south-east, winter cross-quarter fails to get a good mark but the quarter-month south of it (before Imbolc) is at the hilltop with winter solstice at the turn of the slope. The lunar mid­point gets the basal step though and the major eighth is at the intersect of near and far. So overall, a better fit for the moon than the sun.

SW from Canrooska Standing Stone, Cork, Ireland. The south-west is a good all round fit but notably, the summit of Sugarloaf mountain and the prominent knob on its south slope are accurate for a half-month from the solstice and the lunar mid­point [Enlargement].

W from Canrooska Standing Stone, Cork, Ireland. Westwards is a gently undulating profile. winter cross-quarters are on a rise, as is the quarter-month before spring equinox (EQ-8).

The stone axis is towards equinox / summer cross-quarter mid­point.

NW from Canrooska Standing Stone, Cork, Ireland. The north-western lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. zone fits nicely across the hill. The highest point marks the lunar mid­point / a half-month from the solstice.

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