Is Maen Llia a sundial.

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cerrig Jun 9, 2009 05:10:35

see comment on maen llia page for details.

Rhiannon Jun 9, 2009 09:20:04

Replying to cerrig

I read that with interest actually. I did like the idea that one of the slopes points to the north star. I reckon though if I'd put it up i'd have had it so you could have had your eye closer to the rock while you were looking up the slope.

I quite like the shorter idea that because it's pointing at the north star, it's about the night sky not the sun - the stars turning on the axis of the pole star, like a millstone turning, or the 'axis mundi' the axis of the world... anyway I'm just getting carried away.

cerrig Jun 13, 2009 06:14:58

Replying to cerrig

It may be a coincidence, but if you multiply the height of maen llia(12.6ft) by 38, it comes out at the same as the height of the great pyramid at giza.(480FT)The angle of the north facing slope of maen llia is 38 degrees.

If you divide 480 by 51.84(decimal for 51deg51min) it comes out at 9.26, which is the width in feet of maen llia from north to south.

The angle of the slope of the sides of the great pyramid is 51deg and 51 min's, the same as the latitude of maen llia( and the same as the south facing slope)

According to the team investigating the area around stonehenge( time team special on tv just lately ) the Alter stone may not have come from Milford Haven as originally thought, but could have come from the Senni beds of the brecon beacons. The Senni valley is a few hundred meters north of Maen llia.

This could have been written by Dan Brown. Tune in for more instalments, coming soon.