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Table of Contents

• Summary
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Archaeological and cultural context
  • 1.2 A focal point
  • 1.3 A voice from the crypt?
  • 1.4 Methodology
  • 1.5 Article structure
• 2. Carrowmore 51: The Ryefort
  • 2.1 Location and landscape context
  • 2.2 The phases of Listoghil
  • 2.3 Burenult's excavation
  • 2.4 The reconstruction of Listoghil
• 3. Observing Sunrise from Listoghil
  • 3.1 Directionality
  • 3.2 Under the fire
• 4. Filtering out Noise
  • 4.1 The dark time
  • 4.2 Removing the cairn
  • 4.3 A late October morning in the deep past
  • 4.4 Astronomical cross-quarter day comparison
    • Prendergast's shadow
    • Changing ways, changing weather
• 5. A Horizontal Review at Listoghil
  • 5.1 Points of interest
  • 5.2 Axes of seasonal cusps
  • 5.3 The saddle
  • 5.4 Alternative targets
• 6. Sunstruck in Unison: Two interesting parallels
  • 6.1 Like with like
  • 6.2 Duma na nGiall
  • 6.3 Mound of Hostages, Fort of Rye
  • 6.4 Carrowmore 26
• 7. The Long Steps of the Hag: A mythic narrative
• 8. Listoghil Reborn as a Place of Medieval King-making?
  • 8.1 Adopted
  • 8.2 Inauguration flags
  • 8.3 A place of assembly?
  • 8.4 Objections
  • 8.5 Evolving narratives
• 9. Seeking Patterns
  • 9.1 Legitimate horizon targets
  • 9.2 Seasonal oppositions: the first dramas?
  • 9.3 The origin of cross-quarter days
• 10. Discussion
  • 10.1 Difficulties
  • 10.2 Approximate Seasonal Cusps
  • 10.3 Another kind of memory
  • 10.4 Possibilities
  • 10.5 More to do
  • 10.6 Our own responses

• Acknowledgements
• Bibliography

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