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StoneGloves wrote:
"A line of stones does not a stone row make".

No, you just need two of them (according to Burl).

I've calculated the declination between the middle of this line of stones and the mound called Amos Hill, which is about four hundred yards away. Using a longhand method I get the result + 22.9.

That's very close to the summer solstice sunset - and very interesting! (If I hadn't been wound up I wouldn't have bothered calculating it).




The problems with that are the sun will not be seen to set over Amos Hill from any of the stones in that line .The horizon as seen from the stones looking towards Amos Hill is actually Glendue Fell and the sun never gets as far north .The furthest north the sun will set as seen from any of the stones in the line will be at an azimuth of 310 which misses Amos hill even if it was on the horizon . Even if the horizon was removed and the and the sun did manage to travel further north than usual , at that declination it would still be 12 days out ,fortunately we don't ahve to discuss how likely that is .


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15th September 2011ce
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