Cairn S

Also known as:
The Hag's Carn
Nearest town:
Oldcastle (4km WNW)
OS reference:
N585775
OS sheet:
42
Latitude:
53° 44' 37.76 N
Longitude:
7° 6' 47.66 W
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Images

Image of Cairn S (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Possible cup and ring mark from the inside of one of the kerbstones on the north-east arc of cairn S.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jul 13, 2020
Image of Cairn S (Passage Grave) by CianMcLiam

Looking out of the passage of Cairn S from the chamber with the sun about to dip below the horizon

Image credit: Ken Williams/ShadowsandStone.com 2008
CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam May 14, 2008
Image of Cairn S (Passage Grave) by CianMcLiam

Near-Bealtaine sunset as seen from rear of chamber, as reported by Martin Brennan

Image credit: Ken Williams/ShadowsandStone.com 2008
CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam May 14, 2008
Image of Cairn S (Passage Grave) by CianMcLiam

A pic I forgot I had of that carving inside the passage

Image credit: Ken Williams/ShadowsandStone.com
CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam Dec 4, 2006
Image of Cairn S (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Looking south-east down the passge, across the sillstones, into the chamber.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jul 7, 2006
Image of Cairn S (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Detail of art on chamber entrance jamb-stone at Cairn S

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jul 7, 2006
Image of Cairn S (Passage Grave) by CianMcLiam

Cairn T seen past the kerb of Cairn S

Image credit: Ken Williams/ShadowsandStone.com
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CianMcLiam Feb 19, 2006

Articles

Cairn S

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CianMcLiam May 14, 2008

I set a reminder in my phone to check out this cairn at sunset around Bealtaine as Martin Brennan suggested it has an early May alignment. Well, I since switched phones so it was only while looking for a drawing of something else (the stone at Killin in Co. Louth, which he seems to have confused with Carrickrobin) that it hit me. As luck would have it, the weather then wasn’t great but tonight it was perfect.

The sunset does indeed stream down the left hand side of the passage (as looking out) and forms a rectangle of light on right side of the backstone which slowly decreases in size as the sun reaches the horizon. It may have even entered the now-destroyed right hand chamber before dipping below the horizon.

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