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FourWinds Dec 11, 2008 07:15:01
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
... but most importantly the sun doesn't set over the heel stone (the obvious foresight and in the middle of the avenue ) as seen from the centre of the monument , it's off by about three sun diameters to the west .
I thought that the heel stone was known to be one of a pair, now, and that the sun would have risen between them. Is this not correct?

T tiompan
tiompan Dec 11, 2008 07:54:09
Replying to FourWinds

FourWinds wrote:
tiompan wrote:
... but most importantly the sun doesn't set over the heel stone (the obvious foresight and in the middle of the avenue ) as seen from the centre of the monument , it's off by about three sun diameters to the west .
I thought that the heel stone was known to be one of a pair, now, and that the sun would have risen between them. Is this not correct?
Yes , and possibly the sun would have risen over the missing stone .