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A general view of the second tomb at Cairnholy with onlooking moon.
Submitted byPaulM
AddedNov 24 2002
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A general view of the second tomb at Cairnholy with onlooking moon.

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astronomer (2003-06-27)
I was there at the summer solstice but clouded out. Interesting tho' that CII is aligned towards the winter solstitial sunset, like a lot of Scottish passageway tombs and CI has the same orientation as Bridestones in Cheshire.

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