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moss May 18, 2010 07:36:11
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
John Wood drew a very accurate plan of Stonehenge ,was a mason and architect of Royal Crescent which has masonic allusions . Temple of Solomon dimensions are taken from the Bible not archaeological survey , the length differs by about a metre from the diameter of the SSW Stanton Drew ring whilst the greater Stanton Drew diameter is close to that of the Stonehenge ditch .What's the theory ?
Well as a resident of Bath for many years, I wrote something on this, which is on the Journal...

http://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/bath-and-its-druidical-fancy/

I liked the idea of these 18th/19th vicars making up stories from the rather limited access to books they had. That they were christian going on pagan is a bit strange...'Blood and Mistletoe', Professor Ronald Hutton's gentle book on druidism, if people are really interested in the subject is an excellent read.
Actually Tiompan there was something else I was going to point you to which was Larry Bull's paper on Stanton Drew stone circle and its relation to Maes Knoll (as a sacred hill) compared to Silbury! but I forgot..

T tiompan
tiompan May 18, 2010 07:52:16
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moss wrote:
tiompan wrote:
John Wood drew a very accurate plan of Stonehenge ,was a mason and architect of Royal Crescent which has masonic allusions . Temple of Solomon dimensions are taken from the Bible not archaeological survey , the length differs by about a metre from the diameter of the SSW Stanton Drew ring whilst the greater Stanton Drew diameter is close to that of the Stonehenge ditch .What's the theory ?
Well as a resident of Bath for many years, I wrote something on this, which is on the Journal...

http://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/bath-and-its-druidical-fancy/

I liked the idea of these 18th/19th vicars making up stories from the rather limited access to books they had. That they were christian going on pagan is a bit strange...'Blood and Mistletoe', Professor Ronald Hutton's gentle book on druidism, if people are really interested in the subject is an excellent read.
Actually Tiompan there was something else I was going to point you to which was Larry Bull's paper on Stanton Drew stone circle and its relation to Maes Knoll (as a sacred hill) compared to Silbury! but I forgot..

Funnily enough Moss ,I lived in a flat in bath in the early 70's ,a Wood , iirc (architect not material ) building ,between landsdown road and Royal Crescent .
There is some solar and lunar stuff too in relation to the architecture ,once again iirc . I read the larry bull paper but have forgotten about Maes Knoll , I do remember (for a change )some mention of possible alignmnets though .I amy still have it ,must check .

T tiompan
tiompan May 19, 2010 14:30:17
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moss wrote:
Actually Tiompan there was something else I was going to point you to which was Larry Bull's paper on Stanton Drew stone circle and its relation to Maes Knoll (as a sacred hill) compared to Silbury! but I forgot..
Hi Moss .found the Larry Bull article , he suggests that the timber circles (and subsequent main stone ) were built to be due south of Maes Knoll . But no explanation as to why that might be significant . He also suggests that Silbury was built to to "reproduce Maes Knoll at Stanton"