Summer cross-quarters are on the end of the local ridge.
The lunistice range starts at an intersect dip and also ends at one, with summer solstice rising from a hilltop in the middle.
Equinox sunrise is on a distant peak with its half-month brackets on a nearer top and at a sea intersect over the end of this hilltop.
Half-way to the summer cross-quarters is in a dip and half-way to the winter cross-quarters is in a bay of the sea.
Winter cross-quarters are at a land / sea intersect with minor standstills on the other side of the same bay.
The lunistice zone then runs along the final peninsula of the mainland.
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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
Coolcoulaghta Cairn: Luni-solar rises
Summer cross-quarters are on the end of the local ridge.
The lunistice range starts at an intersect dip and also ends at one, with summer solstice rising from a hilltop in the middle.
Equinox sunrise is on a distant peak with its half-month brackets on a nearer top and at a sea intersect over the end of this hilltop.
Half-way to the summer cross-quarters is in a dip and half-way to the winter cross-quarters is in a bay of the sea.
Winter cross-quarters are at a land / sea intersect with minor standstills on the other side of the same bay.
The lunistice zone then runs along the final peninsula of the mainland.
- Coolcoulaghta Boulder-Burial is 1.7km east-east (36°)
- Coolcoulaghta Standing Stone Pair is 1.1km west (284°)
- Dunbeacon Stone Circle is 1.5km west (276°)
- Letterlicky Cairn is 8km east-east (64°)
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