Moneydig

Suspected Alignment / Alignments: Summer Solstice Sun-rise
Site Type: Passage Tomb
Irish Grid Ref: C88935 16533
Location: Link to Bing Maps

                 
Description:

The passage tomb is described on ehsni.gov.uk as follows
"On top of a wide flat ridge with fine views N, but moderate elsewhere. The site consists of a low, roughly circular cairn with trees growing on it. The cairn is 12m x 13m diam. & 0.7m high. Off centre towards the SE of the cairn is a chamber. It consists of a basalt capstone, presently set at the level of the cairn's surface supported by 7 closely fitted rectangular uprights enclosing a septagonal chamber. The chamber is below ground level & is open & filled with modern rubbish. The chamber is 1.2m deep & the capstone is 1.8m x 1.1m x 0.4m thick."

I came across this alignment in 2016 with the publication of Dr Frank Prendergast's paper 'Interpreting megalithic tomb orientations and siting within broader cultural contexts'  Dr Prendergast uses a statistical analysis of all the passage tombs in Ireland to conclude that 24 of them have significant astronomical alignments. 
 
Links to photographs;
http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/820/moneydig_passage_tomb.htm
http://www.megalithicmonumentsofireland.com/COUNTIES/DERRY/Moneydig_PassageTomb.html

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