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Solar Alignment And The Irish Passage Tomb Tradition, Frank Prendergast Jan 2018

Solar Alignment And The Irish Passage Tomb Tradition, Frank Prendergast

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A succinct and very useful, illustrated, explanatory guide to the phenomenon of solar alignment in the irish Passage Tomb tradition. Includes a listing of where to visit the 15 known astronomically aligned passage tombs in the 32 counties.

Written by Dr Frank Prendergast who is now Emeritus at the Dublin Institute of Technology, where he researches Irish prehistoric monuments and their landscapes from a cultural astronomy perspective. His current interests and publications are on the meaning of the dark sky in the prehistoric past and on the conservation of archaeological landscapes from light pollution.

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Grange Stone Circle (B) – New Thoughts On An Old Monument, Frank Prendergast Jan 2016

Grange Stone Circle (B) – New Thoughts On An Old Monument, Frank Prendergast

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An Architectural Perspective On Structured Sacred Space—Recent Evidence From Iron Age Ireland, Frank Prendergast Jan 2015

An Architectural Perspective On Structured Sacred Space—Recent Evidence From Iron Age Ireland, Frank Prendergast

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An Intriguing Monument, Muiris O'Sullivan, Frank Prendergast, Geraldine Stout Mar 2010

An Intriguing Monument, Muiris O'Sullivan, Frank Prendergast, Geraldine Stout

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Ancient Astronomical Alignments: Fact Or Fiction?, Frank Prendergast Jan 2002

Ancient Astronomical Alignments: Fact Or Fiction?, Frank Prendergast

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