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postman wrote:
tiompan wrote:
postman wrote:
tiompan wrote:
If you had a good grid ref for the notch and as long as it wasn't too wide then that could be checked and might make a difference .Carnoussie House and Burnmoor are other cases of pairs of stone circles on a N-S alignment
Do you know of any other good solar alignments I might check out?
I what country / county ?
Any where in Britain, so long as its not really remote like lands end or caithness
Many astro alignments are contentious but you can't beat pasage grave alignments like Loughcrew Maes Howe and Newgrange , particularly the latter , the roof box which is only there to let the light in has no problem with "intent by design" . If you live near Dartmoor it's worth pointing out that the two local experts Worrth and Emmet on the monuments didn't believe there was anything asto in the avenues and rows ,they only led to cairns and stone circles . Many of the old alignments from the days of Lockyer and later Alexander Thom are now considered unlikely .Stonehenge hopefully isn't too far , the Avenue is aligned on the Summer solstice that's is widely accepted but there is no agreement on Heel stone altar stone and bluestone stone settings , mainly due to chronology .

tiompan wrote:
[Many astro alignments are contentious but you can't beat pasage grave alignments like Loughcrew Maes Howe and Newgrange , particularly the latter , the roof box which is only there to let the light in has no problem with "intent by design" . If you live near Dartmoor it's worth pointing out that the two local experts Worrth and Emmet on the monuments didn't believe there was anything asto in the avenues and rows ,they only led to cairns and stone circles . Many of the old alignments from the days of Lockyer and later Alexander Thom are now considered unlikely .Stonehenge hopefully isn't too far , the Avenue is aligned on the Summer solstice that's is widely accepted but there is no agreement on Heel stone altar stone and bluestone stone settings , mainly due to chronology .
I don't think I will ever go to stonehenge for a sol or equi, far too many people (daft ones too ,didgeredoos aaah)
I live in Cheshire (no stones here) so will drive almost any where, (going aberdeenish end of may)
dont mind a drive of four hours for a good sunrise.