Posted on 08/03/2015 10:20:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Our ancient Irish ancestors carved images of an ancient eclipse into giant stones over 5,000 years ago, on November 30, 3340 BC to be exact. This is the oldest known recorded solar eclipse in history.
The illustrations are found on the Stone Age "Cairn L," on Carbane West, at Loughcrew, outside Kells, in County Meath. The landscape of rolling hills is littered with Neolithic monuments. Some say that originally there were at least 40 to 50 monuments, but others say the figure was more like 100...
Martin Brennan and Jack Roberts discovered that the sun illuminates this chamber on the mornings of Samhain and Imbolc, the ancient Celtic festivals... Though this may not be the original alignment we are still left with a spectacular display.
The 3340 BC eclipse was is the only eclipse that fits out of the 92 solar eclipses in history tracked by Irish archaeoastronomer expert, Paul Griffin. With none of the technology available to our modern experts the ancient Irish constructed these complex structures, that not only endured over 5,000 years, but were built with such accuracy that they continue to perform their astronomical functions today.
Many believe that the ancient Celts created the "festival of light" to welcome the eclipse, which they predicted.
On August 26, 1980 Brennan and Roberts observed the full moon entering and illuminating the end recess of the cairn. The moon struck a cup mark on the endstone and then moved to the right to illuminate the bottom of the Whispering Stone. Little observational research has been done on the movements of the moon in these monuments.
(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29415716
One of my most cherished books
http://www.amazon.com/The-Creative-Explosion-Inquiry-Religion/dp/0060133457
Most consider serpent worship to be the earliest form of religion and it is literally universal.
All cultures have it.
Some interesting articles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_worship
http://www.daimonas.com/pages/snake-worship.html
http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/wos/index.htm
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_anunnaki/reptiles/reptiles52.htm
http://blog.world-mysteries.com/strange-artifacts/the-mystery-of-serpent-worship/
You mean you don’t think every pile of rocks by neolithic people is an astronomical observatory???
Still thinking of this Cairn L and discovering the owner of the land does not allow ones on it. I can see where this might protect it but is it just weathering away?
Is Cairn L protected by archaeologists or Ireland? Are there any plans to allow it to be explored further?
If the the sun were on the left in an eclipse it would make a CONCAVE shape but this drawing shows what appears to be a larger circle on the left with a CONVEX shape. The only answer I could come up with is are we to believe the body on the left, even though drawn as a larger circle, is supposed to be the moon? Would this represent their importance placed on the moon? Otherwise, this glyph makes no sense. 
Reference my remark, “I regard 99 percent of archaeoastronomy claims as absurd”. :’)
Lol. Yes, it was the first thing I thought of after studying that glyph;)
From the look of that graphic, it appears that the ancient Irish invented pacman.
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