Monthly Archives: November 2022

‘Ch… Ch… Changes’…

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Saturday, 30th July 2022… *** The entrance stone of New Grange. *** …It is easy to say, certainly, but less easy to say what is, in fact, happening with such changes in form. *** New Grange Gnomon-Stone. *** … Continue reading →

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Bend it like the Boyne…

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Saturday, 30th July 2022… *** The Whispering Spring *** “What did they say, oh, what did they say?” *** *** They said, “knowing these people, it would not be beyond the bounds of possibility that the ‘Bend in … Continue reading →

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Loughcrew: Metempsychosis…

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Friday, 29th July 2022… *** ‘Cairn of the Cailleach’ and its satellites *** The apron or skirt-full of stones motif is associated with these sorts of sites in Ireland, England, Wales and Cornwall. * It is usually an … Continue reading →

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Loughcrew: Corvids…

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Friday, 29th July 2022… *** *** These birds seem somehow aligned with the structure. *** *** And it is not just here. * They hang out at Castlerigg and Whiteleaf Cross Barrows too, amongst other megalithic sites… Continue … Continue reading →

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Loughcrew: Moots…

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Friday, 29th July 2022… *** *** Some of these gatherings of stone seem distinctly gravid. *** *** Some of them much less so. *** *** It has something to do with perspective. *** *** The top of the … Continue reading →

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Loughcrew: Concentrics…

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Friday, 29th July 2022… *** *** Stones on the interior of a barrow displaying art suggests that such barrows were intended at some juncture to capture the light. *** *** Such stones at the Loughcrew complex are legion. … Continue reading →

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Loughcrew…

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Stuart France

County Meath, Friday, 29th July 2022… *** *** The conception merely glimpsed in the lowlands of Carrowmore is here, finally, made manifest. *** *** And what a conception! *** *** It is wrapped about with something of the awe which … Continue reading →

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Feichin at Fore…

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Stuart France

County Westmeath, Friday, 29th July 2022… *** *** That is St Feichin to you! * Some of the Irish saints are less holy men and more your itinerant geomancers, which some might argue is equally holy but in a different … Continue reading →

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‘Yellow Meadow’…

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Stuart France

County Roscommon, Friday, 29th July 2022… *** *** A bonus dolmen, courtesy of our ‘special guest guide’ by way of, ‘The Tribe’… *** ‘Meehambee Dolmen’ *** And a little beauty to boot! * If little be appropriate for stones of … Continue reading →

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And Drift…

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Stuart France

County Westmeath, Thursday, 28th July 2022… *** ‘Place of the ford of Luan’ *** Athlone on the Shannon. * It did not always look like this! *** *** For one thing, it used to be a lot greyer. *** *** … Continue reading →

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