Loughcrew Equinox - 21st September 2008
On Carnbane East at Loughcrew, Cairn T is aligned with the rising sun at the equinoxes, when light enters the chamber and illuminates the carvings within. The photographs below record the autumn equinox on 21st September 2008, when mist and cloud allowed only fleeting glimpses of light in the chamber.
On Sunday 21st September a group of over 100 early risers waited patiently for the sun to break through the mist and cloud; unfortunately the mist and cloud persisted with only fleeting glimpses of light in the chamber.
Despite the disappointing conditions the group was good humoured and it was a chance to meet old friends and make some new friends.
Loughcrew Video - Spring Equinox 2005
The progress of the sunbeam on the backstone inside Cairn T at Loughcrew was video recorded at sunrise on the morning of March 23rd 2005. The 50 minute video has been compressed to 1 minute 46 seconds and included in the following YouTube Video.
Still photograph from the 2005 Spring Equinox.
Equinox sunlight on the backstone in Cairn T.
Loughcrew Equinox Archive
- March 2014 Spring Equinox.
- September 2012 Autumn Equinox.
- September 2011 Autumn Equinox.
- March 2010 Spring Equinox.
- September 2009 Autumn Equinox.
- March 2009 Spring Equinox.
- September 2008 Autumn Equinox.
- September 2008 Autumn Equinox.
- March 2008 Spring Equinox.
- September 2007 Autumn Equinox.
- September 2006 Autumn Equinox.
- September 2005 Autumn Equinox.
- March 2005 Spring Equinox.
- March 2005 Equinox Video.
- September 2004 Autumn Equinox.
- March 2004 Spring Equinox.
- September 2002 Autumn Equinox.
See also the main Loughcrew Equinox page.