rockhopper wrote: Very clearly indeed. Were you to witness the event in person I don't think you'd be left in much doubt. The stone sits almost at the lowest point in a dramatic bowl shaped pass. Instead of being at this lowest point, its around 25 metres away and slightly upslope. By situating the stone there, Carrigeruppera gains archeaological significance. On the balance of probability, its most unlikely to be coincidental. There are plenty of other alignments that utilise natural features, such as distant hills and notches on the horizon. It would be wrong to dismiss an alignment just because a prominent natural feature was used. I think the fact that it aligns on 2 significant times of the year makes it even more unlikely to be coincidental.
That is often the problem , simply because it looks impressive to the punter doesn't make it an alignment , particularly when it involves only one prehisitoric monument . And of course there are plenty of impressive sun sets and rises at auspicious astro events that don't involve any monuments . The siting of a monument 2.5 km away doesn't make a non archaeologial site signiifcant that is purely subjective .If the stone was moved 25 m into the bottom of the pass it wouldn't affect the alignment very much it would still appear as an equinox "alignmnet ", BTW How clear is the stone from 2.5 km away ?
That the stone may be aligned in relation to another prehisitoric site does not make a non archaeological spot any more likely .
There are some cases where standing stones or monuments align with prominent natural features at solstices etc although they are uncommon and more often in the eye of the beholder .An obvious example is Castlerigg fine setting among lots of peaks and troughs yet all the major astro events are on the slopes of hills not the obvious features ,whilst the usual reaction is one of "there must be an alignment here someplace " , it's more a case of mid-late 20 th C Thom/ Michell based thinking rather than reality .
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