Did anyone catch the unscheduled <b>Unearthing Mysteries</b> prog on BBC 2 this evening?
Unfortunately I missed the first half of the prog but, for what it's worth, it was presented by Dan Cruickshank and centred on the 18th century architect John Wood.
Wood was responsible for the design of the Crescent and Circus at Bath. What was really interesting was that John Wood was strongly influenced by the Druidic and Masonic 'ideas' of the day and some of those ideas are incorporated in the Crescent and Circus architecture. Even the main dimensions for the Crescent and Circus are based on the dimensions at Stonehenge and Stanton Drew! The Crescent and the Circus are, in fact, an architectural representation of the sun and crescent moon!
Apologies if some already know all that but it was a new one on me!
 Reply | with quote | Posted by Littlestone
24th June 2005ce
21:47 |
The sun and moon at Bath (Littlestone, Jun 24, 2005, 21:47) |
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