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The mound in the near distance is the tomb. Very little building activity close by but that could change soon.
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Late April before the heavier growth obscures the stones.
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The small ecosystem that now occupies the top of the capstone.
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The main stem of the ivy has been cut since I was last here.
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Now is probably the best time of the year to visit this.
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Oriented NNE-SSW and mighty fine.
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General view looking north – some of the covering cairn remains.
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The first chamber – the sidestone in the foreground is 1.7 metres long.
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Over the first chamber of the three-or-four-chambered gallery – a roofstone or lintel partially covers the chamber.
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The front two chambers – the stone in the foreground is the remaining segmenting jambstone that divides the gallery between the second and third chambers.
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From the back of the tomb at the north-west – Sliabh An Iarainn (Slieve Anierin) in the distance.
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The stone towards the bottom left is the backstone of the gallery – the small court to the right has been colonised by the holly tree and the rushes.
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The site on approach from the road – Lough Allen behind in the distance.
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It would be difficult to try and eke out a living on the land here.
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Looking south down the drumlin – the land around here is very poor.
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Looking down on the stone – two complete basins at the top and two broken along the bottom side.
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The low eastern arc of the henge – the road up to the Hill of Tara is to the left.
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Zoomed in a bit through the gate. Impressive pice of carving all the same.
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No remedial changes since I last checked here. It’s actually gotten worse.
A zoom shot from the passage entrance with the Loughcrew Hills visible on the horizon.
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Leaving Calliagh Berra’s house in the blinding, low, early autumn sun.
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Crude basin-stone in the foreground left. There’s another in front of the recess at the back of the chamber visible in the brightness here.
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Sun shining in the neck of the passage at 6pm on September 17, 2024 – a portent of what’s to come at this winter solstice sunset aligned monument.
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The passage entrance with its ever elegant lintel. It gets clambered on regularly and looks a tad precarious in this shot.
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Eastern courtstone. See previous image for it’s twin on the western side.
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Western courtstone. See next image for it’s twin on the eastern side.
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Separating jambstones between the first and second chambers looking SSW. Most of the chamber/gallery sidestones have been removed.
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Gallery entrance jambs flanked by matching court stones. The gallery itself is ruined with the separating jambstones between the first and second chambers prominent.
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