Site Q is one of Ireland's largest surviving ringed structures, a large egg-shaped henge near Dowth with a broad southwest opening and a smaller northeast opening. Anthony Murphy and Richard Moore argue that it has a summer-solstice alignment and say they witnessed it in 2000. Professor Ronald Hicks of Ball State University identified the smaller northeast opening as contemporary with the original structure and had described the site's alignment in 1985.
Site Q: Large henge near Dowth linked by Murphy and Moore to a summer-solstice alignment
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- Site Q is a large egg-shaped henge near Dowth in the Boyne Valley; it is distinct from Dowth's Neolithic passage tomb.
- Anthony Murphy and Richard Moore argue that Site Q has a summer-solstice alignment and say they witnessed it in 2000.
- Professor Ronald Hicks of Ball State University identified the smaller northeast opening as contemporary with the original structure and had described the site's alignment in 1985.
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