The most mysterious of the Boyne Passage Tombs also the least visited and reconstructed.
There is no public access to the chambers at Dowth, on the winter solstice evening the Office of Public Works allow a small supervised group to enter the passage which allows the vibrant carvings inside to be seen and photographed.
This stone is in the small side chamber and it is this stone and its many carvings that is illuminated by the light reflected off the back wall of the main chamber on the winter solstice sunset.
This stone is in the small side chamber and it is this stone and its many carvings that is illuminated by the light reflected off the back wall of the main chamber on the winter solstice sunset.
There is no public access to the chambers at Dowth, on the winter solstice evening the Office of Public Works allow a small supervised group to enter the passage which allows the vibrant carvings inside to be seen and photographed.
This stone is in the small side chamber and it is this stone and its many carvings that is illuminated by the light reflected off the back wall of the main chamber on the winter solstice sunset.
This stone is in the small side chamber and it is this stone and its many carvings that is illuminated by the light reflected off the back wall of the main chamber on the winter solstice sunset.
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Nikon Corporation (Nikon D70) |
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