Stonehenge Car Park Post Holes 3
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Stonehenge Car Park Post Holes

An early annual calendar

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Dave1982 Oct 30, 2014 17:31:54
Replying to tiompan

Thanks for that - I plan to try for a sunrise photo from the pine post holes at midwinter to see if there is an alignment with the Stones. There is, according to my compass bearings, but there is quite an error margin in magnetic compass bearings.

If I can get a good pic I'll try to post it on here.

I hope for a sunny spell at Xmas ! :)

T tiompan
tiompan Oct 30, 2014 17:56:36
Replying to Dave1982

Yes ,magnetic north is a bit off from grid and true north but the monument provides a big target from any one of the car park post sites ( approx 7 degrees of the horizon ). So any loss of accuracy with the compass is surpassed by that problem .

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