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The huge form of the tomb as you first see it, approaching along the trackway just above a small stream.

The inner chamber

One from the archive.

Late evening 13/5/06

Late evening at Castlelanacht, 2/5/06

Ahhhh so thats how they did it...

Dowth now boasts a funky new information board which is actually quite good, very much along the same lines as Poulnabrone. This is the diagram of the chambers.

Without me!

Not sure if you can see the line of sheep crossing the top of the mound but then I didn’t until I got back the enlarged print!

This might need an explanation as to what you are looking at! The photo was taken from the passage, the two green stones at the side are part of the passage, the stone at the bottom is the sill stone into the chamber. Between these stones is the central chamber with the rear chamber and ‘equinox stone’ dead ahead. The corbelling of the roof is also visible and the light inside the chamber is natural light from the entrance and the grid in the roof (its a 30 second exposure). There’s a bit of flash on the passage stones on each side to make up for me blocking the light coming in.

Ordering pizza deliveries in the neolithic was a long drawn out affair involving the whole community

The limestone pavement surrounding the tomb varies from angular shapes and cracks to blob-like hollows

Poulnabrone has its own climate it seems, over an hour and a half it rained, shined, hailed and hurricaned. This was taken when the sun managed to reach through the thick cloud for a few seconds.

The broken stone in front of the tomb is the portal stone that was removed for replacement in the 1985/86 excavations.

Taken from the field. I cant picture now how badly overgrown it was, all I know is I hopped over the wall last time I was here and didn’t bother taking pictures.

The hedge has been cleared away from the dolmen, you can almost picture it now in the context of the landscape.

The two co-joined concentric circles with inter-linking gutter

The eastern side of the stone

At last! A photo where you can actually see what the stones look like. Nice huh?

Ever felt like you’ve shrunk in the wash??

Daybreak at Drombeg, 21/2/06

Cairn T seen past the kerb of Cairn S

Inside Cairn U we find this masterpiece, verging on the obsessive-compulsive perhaps!

I have scouted this place for a long time trying to come up with a good angle, I think this is it.

The Lia Fáil (Stone of Destiny) is dead centre on the horizon, beiside it the memorial tombstone.

An old postcard photo from the early 20th Century

In the early morning light.

Sunlight hitting the back stone of the chamber on the 15/2/06 a few minutes past 8am, still an impressive sight nearly two weeks after the date of alignment.