CianMcLiam

In more moody B&W

The side with the carvings was in shadow when I arrived, the warm glow of the late evening sun can be seen on the left egde of the stone while I used flash to bring out the stunning carving work.

The two middle stones form the entrance, notice how the left hand stone has split in two

The Burren limestone pavement under moonlight

The tomb and the plough, lit entirely by the moon.

2/11/06

The moon, stars and a little dab of flash. This view may not be as it used to in the next few months, some pretty serious looking building work is going on in the field next to the tomb, just at the crest of the hill.

The fog was so thick the first time I drove past this alignment I could barely see the ditch on either side of the road, I’m so glad I waited to come back when it cleared up, the views (on a clear day) from here would be stunning.

Looking in a south easterly direction over Ballinskelligs Bay towards Waterville

Unfortunately there’s no ‘end of the rainbow’ for this little tomb

From the rear, looking roughly west. As you can see, the south side has completley collapsed and the whole gallery has filled up with mud, seems like this wedgie is the victim of a landslide or two.

Bweeng Wedge Tomb, quite an obscure and little known tomb. But dont grab the car keys just yet; this is the good side, the other side is a mess.

I replaced the original image, this has slightly better composition and added grain.

Looking roughly north

The one stone that remains standing, about 10ft tall.

“Death and Rebirth of the Celtic New Year Samhain 06” Hill of Tara

The evening light shows the carvings off superbly

21/10/06, looking roughly east

The eastern enterance

Starry, Starry Night...

10/10/06, I had made my way to Newgrange and Dowth for some (near) full moon pics late at night, after leaving Dowth I bumped into renowned artist Richard Moore who has been painting in the Boyne Valley for over 20 years. He painted, I snapped, then I snapped him painting! Very nice man and a great painter. This was taken at around 1am.

Click here to see a night time painting of Newgrange by Richard Moore:
mythicalireland.com/art/richardmoore/moreviews.html
and here for some more info on the artist:
mythicalireland.com/art/richardmoore/index.html

Ard Draoi leis an Doire Geallach Doracha (Arch Druid with the Dark Moon Grove), Con Connor, leads a druidical ceremony on the Hill of Tara by the light of the full moon, 7/10/2006

(Funnily enough, St. Patrick is butting in on the proceedings to the right of the participants, the statue visible between them and the trees!)

Court tomb under excavation, sometime in the late 1930’s or 40’s

This stone sits beside the field fence, to the north east part of the circle. A low, ruined wall now runs along behind it. Behind is the easily recognisable shape of Patrickstown Hill.

Looking north-eastish

Looking in a south-west direction, Cairn T clearly visible on the peak to the left and a hint of a cairn on Carnbane West to the right.

One of the large stones still standing in the south west area of the circle, to the left of the stone, on the horizon Cairn T can be seen on top of Carnbane East, and on the far right of the photo is Carnbane West.

Centre chamber, Tomb 4 with 5 on the near horizon

Front entrance to Cairn T

Tomb 7

July 2005

Kilclooney More and its mysterious guardian, this black dog accompanies many visitors up the path to the dolmens* and kindly stood for a portrait in near darkness in September 2005.

*See visit notes!

July 2005

Infra-Red-ised colour pic

A pic taken peeping over the fencing surrounding the compound on Sunday 24th Sept, day after the equinox, at 6.41pm, about 40 mins before sunset. This was the only time the sun shined, clouds obscured the actual sunset but the shadow was definitely moving towards the line down the centre of the stone. Unsurprisingly, the only planted tree I could see in the whole compound is placed directly in line with the entrance to the west passage and the setting sun....

On the eve of the Equinox, 22/9/06, sunlight streams down the passageway at dawn to light up the backstone of the chamber.

This looks a bit lopsided but is pretty much level, must be the distortion of the wide angle lens

From across the small stone wall at the car park. The amount of rubbish in the area is truly appalling. I’d hate to bring a visitor up here and find it in this state.