Beaghmore Stone Circles County Tyrone an Ancient Place
Bronze Age Megalitic features stone circles , Cairns , Standing stones & alignments this ancient spot is a must see .
Beaghmore Stone Circles, Northern Ireland - Megalithomania Exploration with Aerial Footage
Subscribe here: Hugh Newman explores Beaghmore Stone Circles near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland during sunset. Discovered during peat cutting in the 1940s the site consists of seven stone circles, with associated cairns and stone rows. It is possible that Neolithic occupation and cultivation preceded the erection of the circles, and could well have been a late Bronze Age attempt to bring fertility to the land. Some archaeologists believe that the circles have been constructed in relation to the rising of the sun at the solstice, or to record the movements of the sun and moon acting as observatories for particular lunar, solar or stellar events. Three of the stone rows point to the sunrise at the time of the solstice and another is aligned towards moonrise at the same period.
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Beaghmore Stone Circles
Stone circle at Beaghmore.
Stone row at Beaghmore.
Stone circle and cairn at Beaghmore.
Beaghmore is a complex of early Bronze Age megalithic features, stone circles and cairns, 8.5 miles north west of Cookstown, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, on the south-east edge of the Sperrin Mountains.
the area was occupied since Neolithic times through the Bronze Age. The stone circles and cairn are attributed to the earlier part of the Bronze Age c. 2,000–1,200 BC. It is possible that the full extent of the complex has not yet been revealed and further stones and cairns may still lie hidden in the adjacent peat. Hearths and deposits of flint tools were discovered and have been carbon dated to 2900-2600BC. Several of the stone rows run over the tumbled walls of field structures which also date from the Neolithic period. Excavation of one of the cairns revealed a polished porcellanite axe, which may have originated from the Tievebulliagh axe factory, some 70 miles away in County Antrim. The largest cairn featured a central pit containing an oak branch. And from yesterday. Saluki Pee...
Solar Observing & Summer Solstice At Beaghmore Stone Circles
June 21st 2018, John Fagan and I at Beaghmore stone circles in Co. Tyrone for the Summer Solstice. We observed the sun in white light and in hydrogen alpha wavelength which was stunning. Chatted with Terry Moseley from the IAA about the astro connection to the site then got the drone up for a few of the circles before sunset, nice long shadows cast by the standing stones. Then sunset itself on the longest day with pagans celebrating. Music Orinoco Flow - 'Instrumental Cello Melody', thanks for watching
Ancient Heritage and Archaeology of the Sperrins
A wonderful video explaining the hidden gems of the Sperrins Region, which include a visit to Beaghmore Stone Circles in the Cookstown District.
Venus Setting Over Beaghmore Stone Circles - Canon 5D Mark IV Time Lapse
January 7th 2020, testing out my new full frame Canon 5D Mark IV with 24-70mm F/2.8 lens. First night shoot of 2020 and first time lapse shot with new camera, I was joined by photographers Paul Martin and John Fagan. Clear sky, twilight merging into darkness with bright gibbous moon in sky. Planet Venus looked amazing in the SW, I lapsed the planet setting over the megalithic stones at Beaghmore, Co. Tyrone. nightskyhunter.com
Pure Here & There | Co Tyrone
On their tour of Tyrone, the lads visit Strabane, Tullyhogue Fort, Cookstown & Beaghmore Stone Circles... plus a local cattle market.
The History of Ardboe Cross and Abbey
Meet with local historian Pat Grimes, a local man who can read the 1000 year old inscriptions of Ardboe Cross on the Shores of Lough Neagh, in the District of Cookstown.
Ardboe Cross
One of the finest examples of the Irish High Cross in Ulster, can be found at Ardboe County Tyrone, located on a small hillock close to the western shores of Lough Neagh.
Ardboe High Cross, which dates to the ninth/tenth century AD, is all that now remains of a sixth century monastery, which was established at Ardboe by St. Colman. The monastery was burned in 1166, destroying any early wooden structures. Nonetheless, Ardboe endured as a centre for Christian worship, later becoming the site of a medieval parish, and in the nearby graveyard stands the remains of a seventeenth century church erected for Protestant worship - abandoned in the eighteenth century for the current Church of Ireland location. Also located in a nearby field to the north is another ruined church known as the Abbey.
The Cross, made of sandstone, stands exceptionally high, about eighteen feet, and is a characteristic local variation, consisting of a taller more narrow shaft with a small cross head - also discernible at the nearby High Cross in Donaghmore, County Tyrone. Although slightly weathered and damaged - emigrants in the earlier part of this century often took with them a small chip of stone from the cross - Ardboe High Cross is a superb example of figure carving incorporating twenty two panels of sculpture of biblical events.
Gerry Norman performs caledonia
Gerry Norman of A Plastic Rose at the Belfast House, Cookstown, Northern Ireland
The Plantation and Moneymore.
On the Moneymore Heritage Trail, County Tyrone Poet and Storyteller Declan Forde learns some of the history of Moneymore, a Plantation town in Ulster.