#megalithic tomb

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

Klekkende Høj passage grave on the island of Møn in Denmark. View from the inside of the south tomb along the entrance passage

view looking north from southern end of tomb

[ingloriousweasel]

Llech Y Drybedd- the Tripod Stone, neolithic cromlech in Wales

[bad-moodboard]

Lat 19th Century photo of the entrance of Newgrange, a 5,200 year old passage tomb in Ireland, by R. J. Welch

[survivethejive]

Stoney Littleton Long barrow with my son

[ancientorigins]

Thanks to the keen eye of local folklorist Billy Mag Fhloinn, and subsequent validation by archaeologist Caimin O’Brien, the finding of the remains of a legendary Bronze Age megalithic tomb ‘Altóir na Gréine’ has been confirmed in Ireland.

[thesilicontribesman]

In the darkness of Bryn Celli Ddu Prehistoric Burial Chamber, Anglesey, Wales

[victusinveritas]

Fourknocks Passage Tomb, County Meath, Ireland.

[wandering-cemeteries]

Megalithic-esque mausoleum.

Oak Ridge Cemetery. Springfield, Illinois.

[everydayesterday]

photos: The Winter Solstice at Newgrange in County Meath. (Ireland's Content Pool).  sourced from Irish Central.

The Winter Solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice occurs on December 21 or 22, when the sun shines directly over the tropic of Capricorn.  It is the basis for many religious holidays around the world.  

At sunrise on the solstice, direct sunlight can enter the Newgrange monument—a large 5,000-year-old (older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza) Neolithic tomb structure built north of Dublin—through a specially contrived small opening above the entrance to illuminate the entry chamber for a short period of 17 minutes.  The monument is believed to be a place of worship for a “Cult of the Dead.”

[pumpking64]

home after a cold, wet, long day in the field.... what better way to relax after all that than to rewatch an episode of spatort? just need to make some nice warm food and decide on an episode, and sweet afternoon relaxation here we come

[lith-laugh-love]

19th Feb 2023

Possibly the most famous of all the megalithic sites in Kernow, if not the most visted. It was knocked down in a storm in 1815 before being re-errected with a significantly shorter stance in 1824. At its northern end is a mess of stones that were once a pair of cist tombs.

megalithic.co.uk

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

fascinating

[madbirdwoman]

Happy Winter Solstice!

[bad-moodboard]

Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber, Wales

[survivethejive]

Stills from the new film about the origin of the Megalithic culture of Europe. Watch it here

[ancientorigins]

Across England, hundreds of prehistoric sites were constructed and sit on ley lines across massive distances. Was this coincidence, or were Bronze Age Britons much more advanced surveyors and more astronomically attuned than we’ve thought?