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Dave1982
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Re: Stonehenge Y&Z holes evidence of farming calendar
Nov 28, 2014, 17:50
nigelswift wrote:
We had a little chat about this nearly 10 years ago! http://www.headheritage.co.uk/headtohead/tma/topic/23601/threaded/266441

As I mentioned there, I have a pepperpot henge in my bay window that acts as a pretty good calendar, but it has come to me that by far the best way to track sunrises is the horizon itself and features on it. You don't need sticks or stones or any form of sighting system as it's very accurate and error proof - you don't even need to stand in a particular spot.

So I'd say alignments to sunrises are mainly symbolic, not "useful".


Yes, I do agree fully, the best way is to use natural horizon features, and I think this is how a sunrise season/weather forecaster originated. It is accepted that alignments to sunrises and other heavenly bodies are very important for symbolic functions.

I love your pepperpot Stonehenge, that's really great : ))

I have a miniature Stonehenge, made by English Heritage, that is amazingly accurate in it's details. It is only 5 inches or so across though, so I can't stand in the middle of it and see if it aligns with the sunrises - : )
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