1964 - 1970 Circle as Symbol

The triple spiral engraved in the Megalithic burial chamber of New Grange, Co. Meath, along with ogham, burial stones and crosses strewn across our countryside, reflect their Palaeolithic link with the power and presence of Stone, Animal and Circle, as great symbolic strands in expressing the sacredness in which nature and the Universe were held as humankind searched for meaning in existence, from as early, in some countries, as 50,000 years BC. 

Image no.1   1964,   Mud Print

I took this print 55 years ago from the burial chamber at New Grange. A most helpful gentleman from the OPW gave me access to it’s interior and light box and information on the whereabouts of dolmens, tombs and stone crosses for a trip I was undertaking to sketch, photograph and study ‘Early Stonework in Ireland’.