Megalithic Lunar Observatories by Thom

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nigelswift Oct 2, 2006 11:04:47
Replying to Littlestone

Wonder if he wrote any more.

Dunno, but searching for it led me to a nice bit of prose from him -
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:vCtsSHkY50UJ:www.themodernantiquarian.com/user/3401/misc+%22Alexander+Thom%22+poetry&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=36&ie=UTF-8
Sounds like he approached Callanish in the authentic fashion...

"The long days of buffeting in the Atlantic made one ready to appreciate the quiet and perfect anchorage. At the site one could not but be affected by the surroundings - the mystery of the unknown terrain - the loch lying quiet below and above all the towering stones of the most unspoilt monolithic structure in Britain."

L Littlestone
Littlestone Oct 2, 2006 11:13:04
Replying to nigelswift

Dunno, but searching for it led me to a nice bit of prose from him...
Yes, very nice.

Also some beautiful writing and poems by TomBo (at least I think the poems are by him - they're unsigned)

S StoneLifter
StoneLifter Oct 2, 2006 11:15:33
Replying to nigelswift

He was an excellent writer - it's just those mathmatical concepts were so difficult, at the time. A paradigm shifter (sorry) and sailor. Maybe the Megalithic Yard was just an averaged out pace and the Pythagorean math just harmonious layout but there's still loads left. His measuring of cup and ring art, in the third book, has never been repeated.