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Some of the most intriguing carvings in the right hand chamber

The right hand stone in the right hand chamber, Cairn T. The circle on the left is remarkably clock like.

Carvings in the right hand chamber, Cairn T

The stone immediately on your right when you enter the chamber.

Kerbstone 52

Kerbstone 67

Often looked at but not often ‘seen’, the carvings on Kerbstone 1 are AMAZING!

A close up of the spiral on the stone in the recess of Dowth south.

Almost a full view of the stone in the recess at Dowth South, this stone is illuminated by the reflection off the rear main chamber at sunset on Winter Solstice.

Interesting carvings on the bottom half of the stone in the recess in Dowth South

Carvings inside Dowth South chamber

The carvings on the side chamber stone, winter solstice 2005.

Looking along the alignment towards the setting sun, December 15th 2005. From this angle the row to me looks like a row of schoolboys lined up for class with the typical restless one peeking out impatiently...

For a moment, anyone can become the sixth ‘Seisear’! Me showing the scale of the stones (I’m standing on the fallen stone, which lies about a foot and a half off the ground)

Two large stones beside Monkeys Bridge in Cork, about five minutes drive from An Seisear.

Last few minutes before sunset, looking south west.

The five standing and one prostrate stones against the late evening sky, looking in the most advantageous direction.

A larger photo, hopefully the stones at the rear are more visible!

The clearing is so overgrown the complexity of the picture had to be toned down significantly with a diffused glow effect.

Desperate light calls for desperate measures! Boleycarrigeen after some tinkering in Photoshop.

The photo that nearly cost me my life! (see fieldnotes)

My first British stone! Courtesy of the very kind and obliging Hob for bringing me out to the wild east coast to see one of the few stones near Newcastle, cheers Hob! The heavy cloud and city lights give a wierd red glow to this 30 second long exposure with a dab of fill flash.

Probably going to get my wrist slapped for posting this ‘similar’ pic but I like the detail in the stone in this one!

Late evening 19/11/05

One of the standing stones of the circle and the moon. November 2005.

The three standing stones opposite the entrance, and the moon of course!

I’ve put this into interpretive but its just a straight ‘out of the camera’ photo with sharpening being the only adjustment. The standing stones are on the left, the edge of the mound is on the right.

After signing a form I was allowed stay until they locked the gates, on one side we had a magnificent sunset (not as lurid as my usual due to lack of clouds!) and on the other a very clear large moon.

One of the larger stones in isolation, late evening 12-11-05.

Tonights sunset was quite a sight, the hedges right beside the circle are very frustrating though! 12-11-05.

An unexpected benefit of very wide angle lenses, getting a full rainbow in the frame! Looking down on the tomb in a south-westerly direction from behind.

A bit better than the original one I posted. Early morning, November 2005.

Every time I see this wedgie from this angle I expect to see it drive off with a few straggling squaddies with camouflaged helmets and painted faces creeping behind it. Maybe I just have an overactive imagination.

A smidgen of enhancement in photoshop. If I could paint and wanted to paint the beautiful ancient place of Uragh, this might be what I would imagine.

The circle and the standing stones.

The small five stone circle.

Just after dawn, what a magical place.

Looking east

On a freakishly fine day, 22/10/2005

Dawn October 16th 2005.

The heavily cup-marked ‘Beltaine’ stone

After 15 minutes of hacking at the undergrowth

I’ve been looking forward to getting back here since I got the really wide lens, my 28mm could barely fit in the three side chambers but now you can see almost the full main chamber too (note the carvings on the free-standing stone to the right).

After night has fallen

Taken 7th October 2005