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tiompan Jan 13, 2010 10:18:22
Replying to Chance

Chance wrote:
tiompan wrote:
This is getting more interesting , decided to see if the Stonehenge cursus might also be aligned on a similar event to WKLB .The cursus is aligned 2 degrees further north but due to being further south and a slightly different horizon it would ahae had the same visual display as WKLB on the same evening . What is really intriguing is that last year once again we had very good dates for the building of the cursus , 3630-3670 cal BC and WKLB was 3640 . So both monumnets could ahve been founded on that event .
A couple of observations.

Do you think it's a coincidence that both WKLB and The Stonehenge Greater Cursus, both form an alignment to a timber structure, the former being The Sanctuary, the latter, Woodhenge?

Does The Stonehenge Greater Cursus follow the same alignment as the A303 from Stonehenge bottom to the Long Barrow Crossroads?

The Stonehenge Cursus arguably is oriented on Woodhenge but of course Woodhenge is now known to be much later . On the 1:50000 OS map the Cursus appears to change direction towards the west I don't know why but large rscales show it not too and confirmed on Google earth . Likewise WKLB is much earlier than the Sanctuary and arguably the alignment of the barrow would miss it by about 150 metres or require to be aligned about further 8 degrees north . I realise I have avoided C word question as I'm still thinking about it ,it may take a very long time and would never be that certain to be honest I'm never happy with the C word or worse the S word .