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Silbaby alignment (Watkins ,Michell revisited)

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nigelswift Dec 4, 2006 11:07:46
Replying to tiompan

Hi, thanks for that.

You mentioned 4 points. Which did you mean? I was only thinking about three - the S-S-S alignment (though as a separate issue, the view of WKLB from Silbaby seems particularly impressive IMO).

I'm not "convinced" about it being intentional either. I was just posing a humble question.... does "very accurate" signify a heightened likelihood? ;)

In musing about this elsewhere I've come up with a further possible dimension - literally. See this - Silbury from the Sanctuary, with Silbaby hidden by the trees - http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/19965

Silbaby is lower than Silbury obviously - but what about Silbury 2? Would the Sanctuary and the top of Silbury and the top of Silbury 2 all be in a line? Not a two dimentional exact alignment but a three dimensional one....

Aren't the chances it is "chance" reducing dramatically?

N nigelswift
nigelswift Dec 4, 2006 11:09:26
Replying to nigelswift

Correction -

"Silbaby is lower than Silbury obviously - but what about Silbury 2? Would the Sanctuary and the top of SILBABY and the top of Silbury 2 all be in a line? Not a two dimentional exact alignment but a three dimensional one....

T tiompan
tiompan Dec 4, 2006 11:28:52
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
You mentioned 4 points. Which did you mean?
Silbury - The Sanctuary and West Kennet - Falkner's Circle and of course the fifth Silbaby . Will have a look at the rest of your post but had better get my tax forms filled in .

T tiompan
tiompan Dec 4, 2006 16:33:02
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
does "very accurate" signify a heightened likelihood? ;)

I don't think so , a couple of degrees out would almost make it more likely

In musing about this elsewhere I've come up with a further possible dimension - literally. See this - Silbury from the Sanctuary, with Silbaby hidden by the trees - http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/19965

have you checked the grid ref derived from GPSU to see if it matches Silbaby

T tiompan
tiompan Dec 4, 2006 17:47:14
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
/post/19965

Silbaby is lower than Silbury obviously - but what about Silbury 2? Would the Sanctuary and the top of Silbury and the top of Silbury 2

I don't know anything about Silbury 2 ,any info grid ref ?

revised grid ref for the crossing points of Silbury - Sanctuary and W Kennet -Falkner's Circle = SU 10527 68437 . Is that close to Silbaby ?

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