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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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Coolmountain: Multiple Stone Circle CO093-013

NGR 11919/06083 (IW 19179 ITM 60842 / 51.79458, -9.17215) [Googlemap]

Trajectories 1200BCE. Tap/Click for bigger pics.
Coolmountain Multiple Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland, from S. Coolmountain Stone Circle is about 6km south-west of Inchigeelagh. Only two stones remain of a possible eleven with an estimated circle diameter c.9m. It is on a low rise beside the Caha river in the headwaters of the Bandon River.

Panoramic view with luni-solar trajectories c.1200BCE from Coolmountain Multiple Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. Views are largely obscured by trees and green lines approximate hidden horizon segments.

South was possibly indicated by a low hilltop [Pic].

North seems to be on the left side of a high hill [Pic].

NE from Coolmountain Multiple Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. To the north-east, summer cross-quarter sunrise is at the south edge of a hilltop and the lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. zone runs along the ridge from there to finish at an obvious step / break. Solstice sunrise is at a similar break.

E from Coolmountain Multiple Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. The east is largely obscured but the equinox looks to be at a step in the slope.

SE from Coolmountain Multiple Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. The south-eastern lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. zone spans a hilltop. Both major and minor standstillsLunistice positions vary cyclically over an 18.6 year period but are fairly static for more than a year at either end of the range rise from dips. Winter solstice sunrise is on a subsidiary top.

West from Coolmountain Multiple Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. The west is completely obscured.

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