Re: Sacred directions | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

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tjj Nov 29, 2017 22:47:05

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Steve M wrote:

Interesting thread!
Perhaps relevant – a piece I wrote a long time ago, about Neolithic people's perception of direction:
http://www.exploringavebury.com/assets/uploads/files/Which%20way%20is%20up.pdf

Really good to read this Steve - fascinating and very pertinent to the content of the R4 programme in Rhiannon's post. Definitely worth a listen.
Hope you are well.
J

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Evergreen Dazed Nov 29, 2017 23:18:07

Replying to Steve M

Enjoyed that, cheers Steve.
A simple turn of the map makes a familiar place suddenly strange and new.
Great stuff re the inner circles.

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moss Nov 30, 2017 06:44:38

Replying to Steve M

Steve M wrote:

Interesting thread!
Perhaps relevant – a piece I wrote a long time ago, about Neolithic people's perception of direction:
http://www.exploringavebury.com/assets/uploads/files/Which%20way%20is%20up.pdf

Thank you for that paper, it bought to mind the two Saxon sundials on nearby churches, Kirkdale and Great Edstone (it featured in the Milliband episode). Simple designs for the hour of prayer, and yet so like the stones on the ground, like the great obelisk casting its shadow as the sun moves round. We have lost the art of contemplating the movement of sun and moon.