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tiompan May 8, 2011 13:46:07
Replying to Resonox

Resonox wrote:
tiompan wrote:
Resonox wrote:
If there isn't a definitive (original)marker...does that indicate that upward or downward rolls can be watched by being in a right place at the right time (ie the viewer moving around the mound on any day to ensure the sunrise/set is in appropriate position)...anytime of the year, a movable feast if you will and unlike other constructs which only offer this event at solstice etc.....or does it only occur here at certain times of the year too?
There is one unmarked optimal area to see the event without having to move . It occurs twice a year around 25 July is the other date .
Which other constructs that offer this at Solstice were you thinking about ?
I've searched for my reference and can't find it, sorry....however I do recall there was something on here(TMA) a while back about a(possibly long dismantled) site where it was a triple sunset that could be viewed...and guess what...I'll be jiggered if I can trace that either....HELP!!!
Maes Howe ? ,not that it is dismantled but it does have the reappearing sun . There are plenty of unintentional man made alignments ,many south facing homes have their walls aligned on the equinoxes etc , mine does , although I doubt it was a consideration for the original builder .

R Resonox
Resonox May 8, 2011 14:00:20
Replying to tiompan

Thanks Tiompan...yes it was Maes Howe....don't know where I got the idea it was long dismantled.....and yes I agree it might not have been a deliberate design...just sheer good luck...noticed only on one certain day from one certain position and significance attached from that day onwards...which was why I wondered if anyone had filmed evidence of the "roll" sunrise/set on other days from different viewpoints(at Silbury) as they have at other places...like MH. To be deliberate would surely take a long observation period...made longer depending on weather conditions. So ANY construct could have the same effect on any day depending on where you were standing...which got me to my original question about a vewing point/marker being erected at the same time as the hill was built to indicate the siting and rolls were less than coincidence....it seems as though such a marker was only a later addition then.....cleared up..Cheers.