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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, Dunmanway

Inchireagh: Five Stone Circle CO107-012

NGR 11898/05639 (IW 18999 ITM 56402 / 51.75466, -9.17373) [Googlemap]

Trajectories 1200BCE. Tap/Click for bigger pics.
Panoramic view with luni-solar trajectories c.1200BCE from Inchireagh Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. Inchireagh Five Stone Circle is about 5km NW of Dunmanway, close to the Garrown river in the head­waters of the Bandon River.

North is on the right side of a dip, at the intersect of distant and nearer horizons [Pic].

South is on the right side of a hill [Pic].

Green lines approximate hidden horizon segments.

Axially NE from Inchireagh Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. NE from Inchireagh Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. A hill to the north-east has summer cross-quarter at a step just before the summit. Lunar 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 is on the hilltop and the lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. zone runs down the north slope with the solstice at the basal break. The circle's reverse axis is a week or two south of the cross-quarters.

E from Inchireagh Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. Eastwards is a dip with the equinox / summer cross-quarter mid­point at the base of the northern hill and the equinox at the base of the southern one.

SE from Inchireagh Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. The south-eastern hill has winter cross-quarter on its top and the lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. zone runs down the south slope with winter solstice sunrise at the basal break.

SW from Inchireagh Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. Axially SW from Inchireagh Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. Trees have obscured the south-west but the lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. zone ran up the south slopes of Nowen Hill. The circle axis may have indicated the equinox / winter cross-quarter mid­point.

W from Inchireagh Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. Westwards, the equinox is at the northern end of a hilltop with the quarter-months before and after it at the basal dips to either side.

NW from Inchireagh Five Stone Circle, Cork, Ireland. The north-western lunisticeLunistices are the most northerly and southerly moons of the month. The lunar equivalent of solstices - more. zone has 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 at a clear break / notch and 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 straining to reach the hilltop. The cross-quarter / solstice mid­point is at the crest of a ridge with the month around the solstice on the following slope section.

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