North is obscured but in the middle of a low and gently undulating distant horizon segment that has lunar major standstills at both terminal intersects.
South is obscured but close to major standstill moonrise and possibly near a break in the slope.
The art of this ancient sacred place is that the horizon shape was tuned to match cyclical celestial patterns.
Orange lines mark the annual solar round. Lunistice positions over the 18.6 year lunar nodal cycle are blue. More about the Solar Calendar More about the Lunar Calendar More about this placeLook South
Knocknakilla Stone Circle: 360° N centred
North is obscured but in the middle of a low and gently undulating distant horizon segment that has lunar major standstills at both terminal intersects.
South is obscured but close to major standstill moonrise and possibly near a break in the slope.
- There are many more bronze age monuments in the area but the nearest surveyed ones are well to the south:
- Farrannahineeny Stone Row is c.25km south-south-west (198°)
- Coolmountain Stone Circle is c.26km south-south-west (203°)
- Gortloughra Stone Pair is c.31km south-west (215°)
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