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Sunrise behind the Knockmeal downs standing stone.

Sunrise behind the standing stone. Knockmealdown Mountains. County Waterford. Irish landscape Photography : Nigel Borrington

Sunrise behind the standing stone.
Knockmealdown Mountains.
County Waterford.
Irish landscape Photography : Nigel Borrington

Standing at the top of a hill in the knockmealdown mountains, county Waterford is this amazing standing stone, it rises about 2 meters from the ground. It must have been here for some four thousand years.

I took this images one morning just after sunrise while walking through these mountains that look down over the Waterford coastline.

I placed the rising Sun behind the stone as I wanted to capture the idea of the function of these stones, the tracking of the sun as it moved position on the horizon during the year.

This entry was posted on November 12, 2014 by . It was filed under Forgotten places, Landscape, megalithic people and remains, Nigel Borrington, The Pagan world and was tagged with , , , , , , .

4 responses

  1. Norma (Through My Eyes)

    Impressive! 🙂

    November 12, 2014 at 12:39 pm

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  2. nigel borrington

    Hi Norma 🙂 🙂

    Yes isn’t it – just an amazing stone 🙂 🙂

    November 12, 2014 at 1:01 pm

    Reply
  3. poppytump

    Powerful image Nigel !

    November 13, 2014 at 4:36 pm

    Reply
  4. marthabernie

    stunning image!

    November 21, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    Reply

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