As I approach Carrowkeel, I am in awe of the hills and sense of sacred – they seem to speak loud to all who come in to walk the ground. Resources http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/313720.stmA series of cairns criss cross the hills tops – there are about 14 cairns in all. I spent the whole afternoon with three of the most accessible. These cairns were built between 3000 and 2000 BC, using limestone. Each has a large interior with limestone roofs. I feel no inclination to enter these sacred spaces – rather honor and offer prayer and ritual outside. Who entered these sacred places with the dead? Did the people outside celebrate and dance marking life’s passages? One cairn (G) has a “lightbox” similar to the lightbox at New Grange (Brú na Boinne). The lightbox allows the light of the sun to enter for a month on either side of the Summer Solistice and the light of the moon to enter for a month on either side of the Winter Solistice. I am in awe of what I am seeing. How does one carry the sacred? attend to the moment? and connect with the ancient ones?
Visit to Carrowkeel
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