This is my favourite photo from Saturday at Annagh.
At the start of the longest night of the year the setting Sun aligns up with a four stone row as it sits into a 'saddle' or dip in the holy mountain as seen from the ancient complex at Annagh-Kildangan in Co Mayo. The complex of monuments at Annagh Kildangan is now only just above the waterline but in its day it was a Druí monastery on the north side of Croagh Crom / the Reek and it was dry because it was high above the high tide. The complex was serviced by sea lanes and shore tracks, has a 4 standing stone alignment, a stone circle and is enclosed by a raised bank - its on the Clew Bay trail for tourists, never been excavated and access is easy.
The site is now a Salt Marsh
the stones make a line, the tree is growing in the line also..there is a curve in the mountain where at approx 1.40pm on the Winter Solstice the sun will set.
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This photo is from last year, and shows the Reek in the background with the peak topped with clouds.
This photo was taken about 10 mins before the sun set into the curve.
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