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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, Kealkill

Cousane: Five Stone Circle CO092-051

NGR 11120/05672 (IW 11195 ITM 56712 / 51.75627, -9.28679) [Googlemap]

Trajectories 1200BCE. Tap/Click pics for big ones.
Panoramic view with luni-solar trajectories c.1200BCE from Cousane Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. Cousane Five Stone Circle is at the head of the Owngare river valley, about 7km east of Kealkill.

North is on a hilltop [Pic]. South is on top of a hill that provides a very precise indicator for the lunar major standstillLunistice positions vary cyclically over an 18.6 year period but are fairly static for more than a year at either end of the range by making its extreme position invisible [Pic].

NE from Cousane Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. E from Cousane Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. SE from Cousane Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. SW from Cousane Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. W from Cousane Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. NW from Cousane Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. The circle's axis indicates equinox sunset with the dip a quarter-month before it in the spring. Summer solstice sun rises from a dip and sets on a hilltop.

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