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Stoneshifter Apr 7, 2009 18:42:24
Replying to tiompan

I consulted Thom's annotated survey of Avebury - which is criticised as 'fanciful', I know. It's the lunar maximum moonrise that is indicated by one of the sections of the Z-Stones, through the southern entrance, (and I know these were questionably located by Mr Marmalade). The two dirty great portal stones are shaped, I believe, to facilitate this observation, which is now barred by a copse of elm? trees. I remember watching this southern moonrise from a putative stone circle site high in the Northumbrian fells. I never realised what a grand experience it would be.

Soon be time for the first crop circles to appear - oh, freak out !

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tiompan Apr 7, 2009 19:34:18
Replying to Stoneshifter

Stoneshifter wrote:
I consulted Thom's annotated survey of Avebury - which is criticised as 'fanciful', I know. It's the lunar maximum moonrise that is indicated by one of the sections of the Z-Stones, through the southern entrance, (and I know these were questionably located by Mr Marmalade). The two dirty great portal stones are shaped, I believe, to facilitate this observation, which is now barred by a copse of elm? trees. I remember watching this southern moonrise from a putative stone circle site high in the Northumbrian fells. I never realised what a grand experience it would be.

Soon be time for the first crop circles to appear - oh, freak out !

I think the fanciful is fully justified . Just checked the azimuth from the westernmost point of the Z feature which is the most likely to produce an orientation to a moonrise and taking stones 1 & 98 as the entrance stones orientation is 171 for 1 and 163 for 98 through the gap 167 which if continued certainly goes through the barrow cemetry but is way out for the max moonrise .