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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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Knockawaddra: Standing Stone Pair CO121-037

NGR 12722/04594 (IW 27219 ITM 45938 / 51.66176, -9.05252) [Googlemap]

Trajectories 1200BCE. Tap/Click pics for big ones.
Panoramic view with luni-solar trajectories c.1200BCE from Knockawaddra Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. Knockawaddra Standing Stone Pair is about 2.5km, as the crow flies, south-west of Ballin­gurteen.

South is in a dip [Pic].

North is marked by a dip/step [Pic].

SW from Knockawaddra Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. The south-west stone is the taller & fatter of the two. Both are in line with the axis of the pair, indicating 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.

the lunar minor eighth is at the intersect of Carrig Fadda's north flank with nearer ground. Winter solstice is at the step between the hilltop and its northern ridge and the lunar mid­point is on the hilltop.

W from Knockawaddra Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. The local western slope spans the period between winter and summer cross-quarters with the equinox in a slight dip in the middle.

NW from Knockawaddra Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. To the north-west, a step in the local ground has the 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 at its base and the lunar minor eighth at its top.

NE from Knockawaddra Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. North-eastwards, the pair's axial reverse indicates the direction of lunar mid­point. Summer solstice is in a dip and summer cross-quarters are at the foot of the slope.

E from Knockawaddra Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. The eastern skyline is mostly distant. summer cross-quarters are at a local step and the intersect between near and far is half way to the equinox which is in a dip between two hills.

SE from Knockawaddra Standing Stone Pair, Cork, Ireland. Winter cross-quarters are in the only bit of visible sea. 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 in the following dip. Winter solstice is on a hilltop with lunar mid­point in the following dip and major eighth in the next one.

Knockawaddra Stone Row is about 200m up hill to the west but the two sites are not intervisible.

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