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Jimit
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|  New Message Posted!2007-12-31 12:33
I see what you mean but actually the best view is from outside the circle. There's another pic I took in the eGallery.
Jim.
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davidmorgan
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| New Message Posted!2007-12-31 09:58
I meant access right into the stones.
Are you going to post some pics?
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Jimit
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| New Message Posted!2007-12-31 07:27
Midwinter sunset occurs just before 4pm and closing time is also 4pm (With 20 mins to leave) so it is possible to be there to celebrate/take pics as I did this year.
Jim.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/65050/stonehenge.html?stream=date
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| New Message Posted!2007-12-30 16:01
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On 2007-12-29 18:44, Jimit wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong (As if  ) but I thought it had been settled some time ago that Stonehenge was orientated on the Midwinter sunset ?
Jim.
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Sure, but tell that EH who only open it in the morning.
(Looking forward to the disappearance of the A344).
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PAB
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| New Message Posted!2007-12-29 19:21
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On 2007-12-22 23:31, KenWilliams wrote:
.......Anyhow, here's my photographic essay of the days events at Newgrange, Loughcrew and then a lovely sunset at Dowth where the sun did manage to make an appearance inside the chamber despite next doors Leylandii 
http://www.shadowsandstone.com/gallery/4034127/1/234847869/Large
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Thanks very much for sharing these pictures Ken - what a lovely sequence across what was obviously a wonderful day! It definitely deserves the 'essay' tag, and is so much nicer to read as a set of stills. PAB
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Jimit
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|  New Message Posted!2007-12-29 18:44
Correct me if I'm wrong (As if ) but I thought it had been settled some time ago that Stonehenge was orientated on the Midwinter sunset ?
Jim.
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|  New Message Posted!2007-12-29 14:51
Blimey.............We're still getting the sun shining into Maes Howe
http://www.maeshowe.co.uk/
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davidmorgan
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| New Message Posted!2007-12-23 13:31
Stonehenge winter solstice sunrise on YouTube:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cxIHGaIn4KM
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BERNARDQUATERMASS
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| New Message Posted!2007-12-23 00:42
The most telling part for me, was when they were discussing the history of Newgrange, and they said that the local folklore has hung on to the story of the sun entering the passage and chamber on the winter solstice.
How old must that knowledge be be? Either thousands of years, or a false memory. Personally I'd prefer the former.
Meanwhile there's been some equally good pictures coming out of Maes Howe.
http://www.maeshowe.co.uk/
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| New Message Posted!2007-12-22 23:31
What a fantastic morning it was at Newgrange, was great to have the big screen for us stuck outside in the freezing cold! Wonder did any of you catch my brief appearance on the webcast, the camera was on me and my wife for a few seconds and Leontia who was doing the commentary said over the PA 'There's Ken!' I think they cut me out of the archived footage
Anyhow, here's my photographic essay of the days events at Newgrange, Loughcrew and then a lovely sunset at Dowth where the sun did manage to make an appearance inside the chamber despite next doors Leylandii
http://www.shadowsandstone.com/gallery/4034127/1/234847869/Large
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