henges aligned

tiompan Jan 24, 2007 12:22:57

I have recently been playing about with alignments between major henges and stone circles and came up with some figures that look like they might not be entirely fortuitous . I ahe vnever seen the alignments mentioned before so apologies if they are old hat .Stonehenge-Mayburgh=-8.7248
Stonehenge-Balfarg = -8.3712

Castlerigg –Cairnpapple = -9.8374
Castlerigg-Strathallan = -9.5612
n.b.The grid ref for Strathallan is only 8 figures ,so greater accuracy possible with finer detail .

Callanish –Arbor Low =148.7246
Callanish –Castlerigg =149.9665
Arbor Low date 2700 BC
Major Lunar Winter standstill 2700 BC Arbor Low =149.44

tiompan Jan 24, 2007 14:41:26

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ooops should hve had this
Knowlton –Castlerigg = -10.9696
Knowlton –Cairnpapple = -10.4121
Knowlton –Strathallan = -10 .2104

Thats 4 henges within 600 miles with a maximim deviation of 0.75 degrees .

BigSweetie Jan 24, 2007 19:45:21

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what's Strathallan George?

fitzcoraldo Jan 25, 2007 11:35:10

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Hi G
At the risk of sounding a bit thick, could you briefly explain exactly what alignments you’re looking at and what your figures mean. Is this a linear geographical thing or an astro sort of alignment?

Have you read Roy Lovedays piece on double entrance henge alignments in that wonderful book that was produced for Burls 70th Birthday (what a beautiful present)?
If I remember rightly Loveday looked at the alignment of these henges and their relationship to nearby roman roads. Working on the perfectly credible theory that those naughty roman chaps built their roads over existing native roadways. He found a correlation between the roads and the orientation….or something like that.

There’s a paper by Ronald Hicks looking at Irish Henge orientation. I’d love a squint at that if anyone has a copy.

cheers
Fitz

ryaner Jan 26, 2007 15:29:45

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I'm kinda half following this as I'm not great with alignments and all that.
It all brings to mind this: http://www.mythicalireland.com/iotss/island-of-the-setting-sun.php that I'm reading at the moment. Thought you folks might be interested.

Andy