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Re: Trevethy Quoit
Apr 18, 2011, 23:08
Yes, we worked out the direction which is fairly easy but the problem here is that the houses prevent the underside of the capstone being lit at midwinter sunrise.
The capstone has a worked area on its underside upon which shadows play at sunrise. The way it does this at midsummer and spring as well as autumn, is recorded, and movement of these shadows across the worked surface is under study. Unfortunately the midwinter lightshow can only be construed and this is a pity for at that time of year the light would come through the SE apertures, which behave in a completely different way to the NE apertures. This sounds as clear as mud. Hope it helps.

David Kane.
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