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Loughcrew equinox 2010

  • 19-03-2010 11:28am
    #1
    sensibleken
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    Does anyone have any insight into what the weather might be doing for the equinox this weekend in Loughcrew. Ive been a few times and theres always been at least one cloud in the way, bit of a pain when you need to head off at 3am

    Also while im here. has anyone been to cairn L? ive been trying to get access but the opw said i need permission from the landlord who seems to be a difficult man to get a hold of.

    cheers


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  • #2
    Riamfada
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    Hi firstly the landlord that you need to speak to is notorious. From what I understand he will not let anyone on his land.

    Secondly I thought of going for the equinox myself but its lashing rain and expected to stay dirty and overcast well into tomorrow. Thats why Im going to bed. Might try Saturday night depending on the weather.


  • #3
    sensibleken
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    Grimes wrote: »
    Hi firstly the landlord that you need to speak to is notorious. From what I understand he will not let anyone on his land.

    Secondly I thought of going for the equinox myself but its lashing rain and expected to stay dirty and overcast well into tomorrow. Thats why Im going to bed. Might try Saturday night depending on the weather.

    yeah it was cloudy until about 9am which was way too late for the special effects.

    talking to a lady there who walks to cairn L all the time and never had anything said to her, but that does include access in. im gonna see what the national monuments act has to say on the subject


  • #4
    GhostInTheRuins
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    I'd love to get inside cairn L myself. I was talking to a chap recently and he said that the OPW open it for a few days either side of samhain, not sure how true it is though.


  • #5
    redbiddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭redbiddy


    Hi,

    Does anyone know if there's a winter solstice at Loughcrew?
    I've heard that the tomb is illuminated at around 03.30 PM on the 21st December but now I'm told that this only happens at the Spring and Autumn Equinox?


  • #6
    GhostInTheRuins
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    redbiddy wrote: »
    Hi,

    Does anyone know if there's a winter solstice at Loughcrew?
    I've heard that the tomb is illuminated at around 03.30 PM on the 21st December but now I'm told that this only happens at the Spring and Autumn Equinox?

    Possibly one of the remains of the smaller cairns had a solstice alignment at some point in time, but carin T is facing the equinoxes.


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    slowburner
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    11.13 am today, is the winter solstice.
    Astronomy note: At 11:13h today, the winter solstice takes place -- this is the instant at which the Sun reaches its lowest declination or the point at which the earth's north pole points furthest away from the Sun (an angle of about 23.4 deg). The idea behind the "Mayan apocalypse" is or was that the Sun would also eclipse the galactic centre which is thought to be the location of a massive black hole. While this may well be true, the interaction is unlikely to generate any large effects and as I mentioned elsewhere, this eclipse is only marginally different from what has happened at the same time of year every year in the past few decades. But just in case, it's been really nice knowing you all.
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