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Megalithic art studies by T. O'Brien
In his book, with excellent
photographs of the winter solstice sunrise at Newgrange and the September
equinox at Cairn T,
Loughcrew, he also gives ideas about the possible meaning (symbols) of
a few motifs:
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Winter solstice symbol
A closely wound clockwise double spiral, Newgrange K1
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Summer solstice symbol
A loosely wound anti-clockwise double spiral, Newgrange K1
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General sun symbol
Cairn T, stone 14
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Equinox symbol
Cairn T, stone14
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Darkness symbol
Cairn T, stone14
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Horizontal mirroring of darkness symbol: sunrise
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