Seefin is 5000 year old passage tomb in the Wicklow Mountains. It has many secrets. Who built it? What was it used for? Since it is empty was it actually used to bury the dead or for some other reason? Was it seen as a gate to the otherworld?
It is one of many such tombs in the Dublin and Wicklow mountains – though it may be one of the hardest to get to. All have their own mysteries. In this video we look at this enigmatic place.
Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction | Ireland’s passage tombs explained
0:46 – Finding Seefin | Wicklow’s hidden passage tomb
2:22 – Battling the elements: The climb to Seefin Mountain
3:44 – Ancient Gods
4:12 Seefin Passage Tomb | 5,000 years of history
5:00 – Exploring the cairn | Structure of Seefin Passage Tomb
6:26 – Excavation, missing remains & the empty tomb mystery
7:12 – Seefin in context | Dublin & Wicklow mountain tomb cluster
8:34 – Mythology of Seefin | Fionn MacCumhaill and Irish legend
10:03 – Fertility, life, and the Otherworld Rituals & liminality | Sacred landscape of the Neolithic
13:25 – Conclusion | Seefin’s enduring mystery
Credit to : Foras Feasa: Exploring Irish History