Hi all,
Why is the hill associated with Halloween bonfires in Ireland potentially linked to an earth goddess? And why is it on the summer sunrise line from Skellig Michael?
Samhain, the forerunner of Halloween, is associated with a hill in Co. Meath named the Hill of Ward. It's other name links it to a druidess or goddess named Tlachtga, associated with the earth, or with the sun and lightening. There are four concentric earthworks, with a spiral like shape in the centre.
The site is exactly on the line emanating from Skellig Michael, on the azimuth of sunrise at summer solstice there. There are other curious connections to be made too, on Google Earth.
Along the sunrise line from Skellig are also two other sites worthy of mention: Slieve Breagh in Co. Meath, a Bronze Age site, and Whithorn Priory, which was the earliest Christian site in Scotland.
An alignment with the Hill of Usineach, the ancient centre of Irleland, and Knowth, the megalithic tomb next to Newgrange, via a castle, a round tower and a motte.
The Hill of Ward is the same distance from the Hill of Tara as Fourknocks Megalithic Tombs, and Teltown in Meath, named after the goddess Tailtiu or Tailltiu. It was once an important site: when a king, queen or important warrior died, the aonach or óenach, a public national assembly, gathered there.
Are all these sites placed in relation to each other? Or is it too much to ask of Bronze Age technology?
(There's more in this blog post of mine if you're interested)
Happy Halloween!
Melissa
Why is the hill associated with Halloween bonfires in Ireland potentially linked to an earth goddess? And why is it on the summer sunrise line from Skellig Michael?

Samhain, the forerunner of Halloween, is associated with a hill in Co. Meath named the Hill of Ward. It's other name links it to a druidess or goddess named Tlachtga, associated with the earth, or with the sun and lightening. There are four concentric earthworks, with a spiral like shape in the centre.
The site is exactly on the line emanating from Skellig Michael, on the azimuth of sunrise at summer solstice there. There are other curious connections to be made too, on Google Earth.
Along the sunrise line from Skellig are also two other sites worthy of mention: Slieve Breagh in Co. Meath, a Bronze Age site, and Whithorn Priory, which was the earliest Christian site in Scotland.


An alignment with the Hill of Usineach, the ancient centre of Irleland, and Knowth, the megalithic tomb next to Newgrange, via a castle, a round tower and a motte.

The Hill of Ward is the same distance from the Hill of Tara as Fourknocks Megalithic Tombs, and Teltown in Meath, named after the goddess Tailtiu or Tailltiu. It was once an important site: when a king, queen or important warrior died, the aonach or óenach, a public national assembly, gathered there.

Are all these sites placed in relation to each other? Or is it too much to ask of Bronze Age technology?
(There's more in this blog post of mine if you're interested)
Happy Halloween!
Melissa