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Ken Williams > Uragh Stone Circle, Co. Kerry photo
Ken Williams > Uragh Stone Circle, Co. Kerry photo
Ken Williams > Uragh Stone Circle, Co. Kerry photo
Ken Williams > Uragh Stone Circle, Co. Kerry photo
Ken Williams > Uragh Stone Circle, Co. Kerry photo
Ken Williams > Shanballyedmond, Co. Tipperary photo
Ken Williams > The quality of the carvings on certain kerbstones in prominent positions is spectacular, directly opposite the famous entrance stone is Kerbstone 52. Like the entrance stone, Kerbstone 52 is divided in two by a vertical line with distinct motifs on either side.
Ken Williams > Although the nearby mounds at Knowth feature far more megalithic art, and is a larger more complex site, Newgrange has become world famous after observations made during excavations cofirmed what local folklore had always attested. The small aperture above the door of the entrance with its intriguing carved lintel, though it is pretty inconspicuous, allows one of the worlds first known solar observatories to function with amazing accuracy today as it has done for the past 6,000 years. The midwinter sunrise on the shortest day of the year shines through this aperture, up the sloping passageway and into the very heart of the inner chamber 19 metres inside the mound. The thin ribbon of light allows the observer to determine the traditional festival at winter solstice with stunning accuracy.
Ken Williams > During the excavation the quartz stones which had fallen forward from the mound were built into a dazzling white facade after experimentation and analysis of how the stones fell indicated that a tall, steep outer wall was the most likely method of construction originally, though this wall fell within hundreds of years after the tomb was finished.
Uragh Stone Circle, Co. Kerry photo
Photo by: Ken Williams · See photo in original gallery.
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