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Duntryleague is in Co. Limerick

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tiompan Apr 11, 2008 15:59:13

Replying to bawn79

bawn79 wrote:

tiompan wrote:

bawn79 wrote:

I think Duntryleague is actually in Co. Limerick, is it possible to get it moved?
Also as this is a north facing tomb what are the theories in relation to possible alignments?
Although the Galtee mountains are in the way this tomb is only a half hour from my house and would be one that could be kept an eye on very easily.

Hi B , do you have an azimuth , even approx ?

Hi tiompan,
When u say azimuth what exactly do you mean?
Is it the exact degree north is?
Im not too familar with how to calculate such things unfort but if you can explain I can try and figure it out.
Sorry for being a dumb ass and thanks for taking interest in this.

My fault B , shouldn't have been so obscure . Basically the azimuth is the same as the compass bearing , which is only half the story for working out what sets and rises on the horizon but it is a starting point . Passage graves do have astro connections and it's always interesting to know their alignments particularly when it's so close to north as there are others and lunar and solar orienations are unlikely to be whatever is it is aligned to , if anything .

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tiompan Apr 11, 2008 16:06:55

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

bawn79 wrote:

tiompan wrote:

bawn79 wrote:

I think Duntryleague is actually in Co. Limerick, is it possible to get it moved?
Also as this is a north facing tomb what are the theories in relation to possible alignments?
Although the Galtee mountains are in the way this tomb is only a half hour from my house and would be one that could be kept an eye on very easily.

Hi B , do you have an azimuth , even approx ?

Hi tiompan,
When u say azimuth what exactly do you mean?
Is it the exact degree north is?
Im not too familar with how to calculate such things unfort but if you can explain I can try and figure it out.
Sorry for being a dumb ass and thanks for taking interest in this.

My fault B , shouldn't have been so obscure . Basically the azimuth is the same as the compass bearing , which is only half the story for working out what sets and rises on the horizon but it is a starting point . Passage graves do have astro connections and it's always interesting to know their alignments particularly when it's so close to north as there are others and lunar and solar orienations are unlikely to be whatever is it is aligned to , if anything .

ooops meant to say what is also needed if you want to investigate it , is what the bearing is pointing to , the distance to that point and the altitude of both . Once you have all that it's put though a relatively simple formula or even easier (i noticed you mentioned Victor earlier who wrote a piece of software which does it all for you ) use an appropriate prog . Somtimes it turns out to be aligned on nothing other times it works , if it does you then have the problem of proving it was intentional .