Dowth - Winter Solstice Sunset 2018


The Office of Public Works
will have staff at Dowth South
for Winter Solstice Sunset
on Friday December 21st from 2:30pm until 4.00pm.

Admission is Free of Charge.

Wear good sensible shoes as the site can be very muddy, and it can be difficult to negotiate the slope into the monument.

Dowth - sun in chamber
Sunset beam in the Dowth chamber photographed by Anne-Marie Moroney.


Dowth Winter Solstice Sunset.
People gathered at Dowth for the Winter Solstice Sunset.


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