Craggy local ground provides lots of good markers with major standstill at a significant step. The first far dip is half-way between equinoxes and winter cross-quarters.
Winter solstice rises from an intersect dip and south major standstill is at the other end of the same block of distant high ground.
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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
Kealagowlane Stone Circle & Boulder-Burial: Luni-solar rises
Craggy local ground provides lots of good markers with major standstill at a significant step. The first far dip is half-way between equinoxes and winter cross-quarters.
Winter solstice rises from an intersect dip and south major standstill is at the other end of the same block of distant high ground.
- Canrooska Five Stone Circle & Stone Row are key sites in the nearest surveyed monument group - c.8.5km north-east (44°)
- Dromkeal Multiple Stone Circle & Boulder-Burial are the nearest of similar type - c.13km east (79°) but unsurveyed
- Derreenataggart Multiple Stone Circle is c.22km west (253°) and easily accessible
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