Thank you to Cian and fourwinds! I prolly won't be going be going for the sunrise cian, not much of a morning person, but thanks for the offer. hope you enjoy it. to fourwinds, i'm not a dub so im not sure where sillorgan is in relation to me (im in marino) but i'm sure i'll be able to get over to you once i check the map. (don't worry i'll leave the axe at home, but just this once ;P) what time where you thinking of going??

The alignment may be good then, but the carvings are on the south wall. This means they won't be lit by the sunrise. The alignment of the passage's axis may be to Samhain, but the carving are surely more equinoctal.

To see an image of the Samhain Sunrise illuminating the back of the Mound of the Hostages click on http://www.knowth.com/tara/samhain-sunrise.jpg
The photo is by Martin Dier and is part of an article on page http://www.knowth.com/fourknocks-mdier.htm

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