Equinox sunset is on a local highpoint. Winter and summer cross-quarters are marked by rock outcrops.
Half-way between winter cross-quarters and the equinox is a more distant hilltop. The summer equivalent is at a break in a distant hilltop.
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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 East
Cashelkeelty Five Stone Circle: luni-solar sets
Equinox sunset is on a local highpoint. Winter and summer cross-quarters are marked by rock outcrops.
Half-way between winter cross-quarters and the equinox is a more distant hilltop. The summer equivalent is at a break in a distant hilltop.
- Cashelkeelty Multiple Stone Circle is c.75m west
- Shronebirrane Stone Circle, is 2.25km to the SSE and has even more spectacular use of high horizons.
- Drombohilly Stone Circle is c.6km north-east.
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