Images of Megalithic Cairns
Carnbane West (Cairnbane West) Loughcrew.

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Cairn L

Cairn D

Ringfort

Carnbane West

Cairn L - front view

Cairn L - side view

Loughcrew Cairn L
Limestone monolith

Loughcrew Cairn L
Megalithic Art

Loughcrew Cairn D
Circumference 163m

Loughcrew Cairn H
Circumference 40m

Loughcrew Cairn H
Front view

Loughcrew Cairn H
Concentric circles

Day Tours
to
Newgrange
Monasterboice
Hill of Tara
Bective Abbey
Trim Castle

Video of Spring Equinox illumination

The Stone Age Cairn L on Carnbane West at Loughcrew is featured in the March 2015 edition of Astronomy Ireland in an article by Ann Dunne "Irish Recorded Oldest Known Eclipse 5355 Years Ago" More...

The illumination of the passage and chamber at the Winter solstice sunrise in Newgrange is world famous. Less well known is the Equinox illumination at sunrise in Cairn T at Loughcrew. The backstone of the chamber is illuminated by a beam of light at sunrise on the Spring and Autumnal Equinoxes.

The sun light is shaped by the stones of the entrance and passage and descends the backstone while moving from left to the right illuminating the solar symbols.

Boyne Valley Tours

Private Tour with pick up and return to your accommodation. Newgrange World Heritage site, the 10th century High Crosses at Monasterboice, Hill of Tara the seat of the High Kings, Hill of Tara the seat of the High Kings and the Hill of Slane where St. Patrick let a Paschal fire in 433 More ...

Images of Megalithic Cairns Carnbane West (Cairnbane West) Loughcrew.

Boyne Valley Tours

Images of Megalithic Cairns
Carnbane West (Cairnbane West) Loughcrew.