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slumpystones Jan 4, 2007 14:51:08
Replying to Littlestone

Littlestone wrote:
I am still trying to work out where 500 people are going to stand with their ropes and stuff on all that slippery chalk!!
Hill...
Diameter of base: 160m
Height: 36m
Diameter of top 45m
Slope of hillside: 32 degrees

Pathway...
Number of times round the hill: 6
Slope of 'vertical' inner walls of path: 60 degrees
Width of path: 6m
Height difference from one 'tier' to the next: 6m

Which yields the following particulars...

Angle of pathway: 0.78587523 degrees
Length of pathway at outer edge: 1931m

So, a very gentle slope to climb, but about 2km of walking to get there. How
fast is 'procession speed'? :-)

Wally"

I would not dispute any of the measurements, except that the winding path itself would have to be levelled to ensure the erosion of a few hundred feet on unstable man-made chalk didn't result in an outward-sloping path, meaning the stones could slide straight back down again. Also, could there possibly be anything close to a 6m wide path ? Is it physically possible for it to exist on the current plan ? 6 rotations, 6m on each side...

36m of path on each side = 72m
Flat top of monument = 45m

So take away the pathway and the top, and you are left with 50m-ish in width to cover the slope of the outer walls from bottom to top, which doesn't add up in my head...might be time to sit down with a protractor and a compass...weapons of maths instruction indeed....