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moss Sep 9, 2011 17:03:35

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

We'll probably hear a bit more about this monument (horseshoes etc ) or at least the area in the next weeks . Difficult to be too accurate about the axis of the monument but it looks between 43-53 degrees if it is 47 then fwiw arguably it's aligned on the summer solstice sunrise . 49 looks more like it for me which would mean being about a week later . Hs anyone noticed if the "alignment " has been recorded before ?

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/509/bedd_arthur.html

Well I did buy Bluestone Magic by Robin Heath - not sure what you think of him Tiompan ;) - but he says..

"Now made up of 16 stones (there were 18), there size may be diminutive, but the monument's axis packs an interesting punch, locating the position of midsummer sunrise during the Neolithic period - at about 47 east of north, depending on the horizon elevation"

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postman Sep 16, 2011 16:27:38

Replying to tiompan

Sorry to be a johnny come lately but, I was there for the sum sol a couple of years ago and noticed the possible alignment, sadly it took much longer to get there than we thought it would and we missed the sunrise by at least an hour.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/509/bedd_arthur.html

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tiompan Oct 11, 2011 10:45:27

Replying to tiompan

Looks like they "bought it " , not too keen on giving credit for some aspects though .

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2011/bluestonehenge-an-ancient-alignment-revealed