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Loughcrew Video - Spring Equinox 2005


On the morning of March 23rd, I was inside the chamber of Cairn T to witness the spring equinox sunrise illuminate the backstone. Click on the link below to view a video of the event which has been compressed from 50 minutes to 40 seconds. The file is 3.8mb in size and is in WMV format (Windows Media Video).


Loughcrew Video



I also photographed the progression of the sunbeam across the backstone at regular intervals, click here to view the images.


Sunbeam - March 2005



     




 


Equinox Sunrise at the Gossan Stones

 


Video of Loughcrew Spring Equinox

 
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Light Years Ago by Tim O'Brien Light Years Ago by Tim O'Brien shows that the symbols of the sun engraved on the backstone of Cairn T at Loughcrew are precisely positioned to measure solar movement. A beam of light from the rising sun around the time of the March and September equinoxes is mapped on the backstone.

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