![]() ![]() ![]() This is not surprising as it can be easily shown by trigonometry that the square root of once and a half the height in feet of any elevation on the globe's surface is equal to the distance of the offing or sensible horizon in miles and thus Sliabh na Caillighe having an altitude of 904 feet commands a view of at least thirty seven miles all round in a perfectly clear atmosphere not taking into account that atmospheric refraction would increase this distance by about three miles. Persons knowing the country well are accustomed with the aid of a clear horizon to point out from these hills elevations in eighteen out of the thirty two counties in Ireland. The mountains overhanging the bays of Carlingford and Sligo are visible giving a telescopic view of Ireland from sea to sea about its narrowest part. For pastoral beauty it is unrivalled while for comprehensive extent of view perhaps no other point in the kingdom could have been so well selected for the necropolis of the chiefs who inhabited the central prairies of Ireland. The prospect from the summit of any of the peaks is not to be surpassed in any other locality in the country. The whole range consists of Lower Silurian rocks which occupy a large extent of country in the neighbourhood On the north the slate rocks form the low grounds round Lough Ramor while to the south and west lie the comparatively low undulating limestone plains of Meath and Westmeath. In the extreme north west angle of the county of Meath commencing about two miles south east of the neat and flourishing little town of Oldcastle and directly overlooking the beautiful demesne of Loughcrew there runs from west to east a range of hills about two miles in extent The highest peak known as Sliabh na Caillighe attains the height of 904 feet and being the only eminence in the county assuming the name or character of a mountain forms a prominent feature in the landscape. Meath, Inspector of National Schools under the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, British Association, and severai other learned societies, read a paper before the Royal Irish Academy, in Dublin, on his recent examination of the sepulchral cairns on the Loughcrew hills, County of Meath, Ireland, which embraced a minute account of thirty-one partially destroyed cairns, extending along a range of hills, two miles in extent, overlooking the beautiful demesne of Loughcrew, and about two miles distant from the town of Oldcastle. ![]() On the 26th of February last, Eugene Alfred Conwell, Esquire, of Trim, Co. Ancient Sepulchral Cairns on the Loughcrew Hills Caption: The main chambered cairn, diameter 116 feet, on Loughcrew Hills, Meath. ![]()
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