Inside the Hill of the Witches (- threads, 26 posts)
No one knows the real name of this place and so they call it the Hill of the Witches. ...
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    "A COURT CAIRN is a pre-historic burial mound which has several chambers leading off from a central corridor. It would at one time have been covered over with large slabs, with stones, rubble and earth on top of the slabs. In this cairn, which has lost its earth covering, the chambers can clearly be seen. Above the entrance arch was a large stone lintel. In front of the arch was a small courtyard with a floor of rough flagstones and two or more sheltering monoliths. The outer courtyards of such Court Cairns are believed to have been used for funerary ceremonies. This COURT CAIRN at Slieve na Caillighe "The Hill of the Witches" in County Meath, is still surrounded by an earthern bank. There are seven chambers inside, which take the form of small "alcoves" around the walls. Several of the large upright dividing stones between the chambers have carved spirals and waveforms upon them, as do the two upright stones flanking the entrance to the cairn." (from http://www.iol.ie/~plugin/landscap.htm)


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     * Lasair Cormac, Mar 12, 2008 - 15:58

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