West Kennett

Long Barrow

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Part 5- Avebury

Posted by faerygirl
21st February 2010ce

Edited 23rd June 2010ce

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Comments (3)

Sunset? This is an interesting photo - when was it taken?	Posted by tjj 22nd February 2010ce


06.01.10 after a good trek in the snow!	Posted by faerygirl 23rd February 2010ce


I guessed it must have been relatively close to the winter solstice; I was walking back from WKLB at the end of January and the sun seemed to be setting behind Swallowhead Spring. Where you are positioned has a bearing of course and in the summer months from the Palisade area (quite close to the barrow) the sun seems to set, with spectacular effect, behind Silbury Hill. Not really making any particular point here, just an observation. What ever else went on there is little doubt the ancients used the landscape as a solar observatory, though maybe in the 'everyday' sense as we do ourselves today.	Posted by tjj 24th February 2010ce

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