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Any idea what dis may be translated An Mhoin Odhar

tiompan Dec 28, 2008 13:28:47

Replying to FourWinds

FourWinds wrote:

tiompan wrote:

Did you get an orientation of the chamber by any chance ?

Not an exact alignment, but near enough southwest.

Thanks , just done a quick check from the tomb to the summit of Coolfree the declination is very close to solstice sunset the bearing being 227.8 degrees .If the chamber has that orientation ?

FourWinds Dec 28, 2008 14:06:10

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

Thanks , just done a quick check from the tomb to the summit of Coolfree the declination is very close to solstice sunset the bearing being 227.8 degrees .If the chamber has that orientation ?

It really isn't too far off from observations at the site. It's unusual for a wedge tomb to point so far south, but the one at Cromwell does too (it's not a passage tomb as Derek has labeled it on TMA).