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The North Sky And The Otherworld: Journeys Of The Dead In The Neolithic Considered, Frank Prendergast
The North Sky And The Otherworld: Journeys Of The Dead In The Neolithic Considered, Frank Prendergast
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The majority of Irish passage tombs (c. 230) predominantly date to the Middle Neolithic (c. 3600–3000 BC). A small number of summit cairns may also contain passage tombs because of their round form, proximity and intervisibility. The island’s passage tombs and related cairns share distinguishing characteristics – elevated siting, visibility and long-range views of distant horizons in varying directions of the compass. This chapter presents the findings of the first scenic analysis of the horizon and views at these sites recorded at an island scale. The method uses measured orientations of horizon sectors related to observed variation in horizon range. …