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Spring Equinox - March 2008
The best morning was the 22nd which was a near perfect sunrise, when the sun rose above a little low cloud,
Cairn T was brilliantly illuminated, rewarding the hardy souls that braved the artic winds and sub zero temperatures.
The image to the right shows the sunbeam in the chamber of Cairn T.
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Autumn
Equinox - September 2007
It was a misty dawn on the 22nd September 2007 at Loughcrew.
The sun did break through the morning mist to illuminate the backstone, much
to the delight of the 60 people who gathered at Cairn T.
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Autumn Equinox - September 2006
The rising sun illuminates the passage and chamber of the
megalithic Cairn T at Loughcrew around the March and September equinoxes.
The image to the right show the sunbeam in the passage of Cairn T.
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images by Ken Williams, photographed on the morning of the 22nd of
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Autumn
Equinox - September 2005
Images by Ken Williams, beginning with the sunrise
at 7:20am, four great photographs of the equinox sunbeam
illuminating the backstone of Cairn T and finishing off with a
photography of the chamber at 8:17am where the sunbeam has moved
off the backstone.
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Spring
Equinox - March 2005
Due to adverse weather conditions on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of March the spring equinox sunrise didn't illuminate
the chamber of Cairn T at Loughcrew.
The sunrise on the March 23rd was a perfect sunrise to illuminate the backstone
of the chamber in Cairn T.
View Images of the Equinox illumination.
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which has been compressed from 50 minutes to 40 seconds.
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Autumn
Equinox - September 2004
The equinox rising sun breaks through the low cloud at 7:20am on the 21st September 2004.
View Images of the sunbeam illunimated the interior of Loughcrew Cairn T from 7:27am to 8:13am.
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Spring Equinox - March 2004
This image photographed inside Cairn T at 6:51am shows the shaped beam of equinox
sunlight illuminating the back stone. Over a period of about 45
minutes the beam moves to the bottom right corner of the backstone.
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Autumn
Equinox - September 2002
Tim O'Brien in his book Light Years Ago states "It
would appear that the construction of Cairn T was specifically
designed to cleverly fashion a beam of light from the rising and
early risen sun around the time of the equinoxes to define the four
year equinox or leap year cycle."
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