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Gortanimill Stone Circle: Axes

NGR 12087 07410 (0520838 ITM 0574139 / 51.91375, -9.15067) [Googlemap]

Trajectories 1200BCE. Tap/Click pics for big ones.

Axially NE from Gortanimill Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland.

Axially SW from Gortanimill Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland.

The primary axis is NE / SW and indicates 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 moonsets.

There also seems to be a secondary, NW / SE axis that indicates minor 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 rises and lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. sets centred on the lunar minor eighth.

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References

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, record details. www.archaeology.ie/archaeological-survey-ireland
POWER, D. et al. 1997 Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, Volume III: Mid Cork. Dublin: Stationary Office. p11, no.6443.
Ó'NUALLÁIN, SEÁN 1984 A Survey of Stone Circles in Cork and Kerry. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 84c:1-77, p14, no.10.
RUGGLES, C.L.N. 1999 Astronomy in Prehistoric Britain and Ireland. Newhaven & London: Yale University Press. No.ASC11.

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