H6884 : Beaghmore Stone Circles and Alignments

taken 10 years ago, 3 km from Dunnamore, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Beaghmore Stone Circles and Alignments
Beaghmore Stone Circles and Alignments
The site at Beaghmore consists of seven circles and related alignments and cairns. There are three pairs of circles, with a cairn between each pair, and the alignments radiate from the cairns. They were built in the Bronze Age, between 3500 and 1800 years ago. Naturally it is impossible to be certain what their purpose was, but some of the alignments point towards the midsummer sunrise and one towards moonrise at the solstice. The cairns contained remains of cremated human bones.

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H6884, 48 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Friday, 23 May, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 11 June, 2014
Geographical Context
Historic sites and artefacts 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! H 6839 8426 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:42.1047N 6:56.3958W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! H 6843 8423
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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