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gjrk Jan 12, 2010 00:50:02
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The other scenario -as we considered back there, somewhere- that the monument's orientation could be some sort of (now) indecipherable bow towards the rising, post-equinox sun, would thus imply that the builders got spectacularly 'unlucky' with their coincidental alignment ;)

I see that John North has some useful plans in his Stonehenge book (p72-81), but spends a lot of time stargazing from the chambers. He quotes Stukeley; "It stands east and west, pointing to the dragon's head on Overton-hill" (the Sanctuary and its concentric rings), although squinting at a map, this doesn't seem to be the case.

M moss
moss Jan 12, 2010 10:05:19
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gjrk wrote:
The other scenario -as we considered back there, somewhere- that the monument's orientation could be some sort of (now) indecipherable bow towards the rising, post-equinox sun, would thus imply that the builders got spectacularly 'unlucky' with their coincidental alignment ;)

I see that John North has some useful plans in his Stonehenge book (p72-81), but spends a lot of time stargazing from the chambers. He quotes Stukeley; "It stands east and west, pointing to the dragon's head on Overton-hill" (the Sanctuary and its concentric rings), although squinting at a map, this doesn't seem to be the case.

When you look from the entrance of WKLB or the other way round from the Sanctuary to WKLB they are just about in view, but of course different time dates. But what WKLB faces is The Ridgeway on Overton Hill that comes over and down at this point past the Sanctuary with the Seofron Barrows on your left. It is the Ridgeway that is important I think, if you think of WKLB as part of a territorial marker, EKLB is higher up the downs between WKLB and the Sanctuary, and I presume the Beckhampton long barrow is the other territoral boundary on the other side...
This photo is taken walking down from EKLB, with WKLB to the far left and Silbury in front...

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/82309/silbury_hill.html

T tiompan
tiompan Jan 12, 2010 10:11:33
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gjrk wrote:
The other scenario -as we considered back there, somewhere- that the monument's orientation could be some sort of (now) indecipherable bow towards the rising, post-equinox sun, would thus imply that the builders got spectacularly 'unlucky' with their coincidental alignment ;)

I see that John North has some useful plans in his Stonehenge book (p72-81), but spends a lot of time stargazing from the chambers. He quotes Stukeley; "It stands east and west, pointing to the dragon's head on Overton-hill" (the Sanctuary and its concentric rings), although squinting at a map, this doesn't seem to be the case.

If they did want to be equinox sun oriented i reckon they could have managed it .Plus there are the continental cases which may well be the influence . The eastern arm of the Callanish avenue is also a possibility but only to the full moon ,we can't argue for a red moon so convincingly without a decent date and as it stands it's not too good .Then on the other hand the contractors may have got the instructions wrong due to being Iberian "I thought you said towards Overton ,not get it over and done with "

North is great but he had this obsessuion about looking for stars ,in ditches and across monumnets , he missed what may be some possibilities at Avebury and the West kennet avenue due to that . Looking towards the Sanctuary is a fair assessment ,it's not exactly aligned but not that far off .