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Silbury Mundi

moss Oct 31, 2007 14:15:11

Replying to Rhiannon

Rhiannon wrote:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/44241/images/knap_hill.html
It's hard to see Picked hill and not think of Silbury - well I thought so too, Moss.
(What's Devereux's double sunrise theory?)

I think the sun sort of bounced along on the horizon, disappearing and then appearing again - but never worry, his book.....

Symbolic landscapes: dreamtime earth and Avebury's open secrets: Paul Devereux

is on the way from the library. As for Tiompan's declinations I'm completely lost ;)

tiompan Oct 31, 2007 16:13:50

Replying to moss

moss wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/44241/images/knap_hill.html
It's hard to see Picked hill and not think of Silbury - well I thought so too, Moss.
(What's Devereux's double sunrise theory?)

I think the sun sort of bounced along on the horizon, disappearing and then appearing again - but never worry, his book.....

Symbolic landscapes: dreamtime earth and Avebury's open secrets: Paul Devereux

is on the way from the library. As for Tiompan's declinations I'm completely lost ;)

I thought I did mention the simple bit i.e. if you looked from the northern point of Marden henge at summer solstice you would see the sun rise over the top of Picked Hill . Whether that was of any interest to those who built Marden is something else . The other "line" Marlborough Mound -Picked Hill is the same orientation of the winter moon set at it's furthest south in the it's 18.6 yr cycle but you wouldn't see it from the mound due to the intervening White Horse Hill .On what day does the Sun do it's bounce along the horizon and viewed from where ?