.In one of the most satisfying confirmations of my megalithic identifications in Ireland, I have finally figured out what figure the megalith SKREGG in Ireland represents, the megalith I have - as it turns out - correctly identified as Ursa Major in County Roscommon.
The name "Skregg" for this megalith gives us a clue to the figure on the megalith.
In Irish Gaelic screeaghag oie is a "fern owl, nightjar" - the short-eared owl or what we might call a "screech (skregg) owl". Skregg is an owl.
This owl - indigenous to the British Isles - can be viewed online at the World Owl Trust at
http://www.owls.org/Species/asio/short_eared_owl.htm
Most interesting are the two large dimples near the mouth below the eyes, giving us the two other stars of Ursa Major in the cup-part of the Big Dipper.
Fabulous.
So this Skregg.
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