nigelswift
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Depends where you stand
Mar 13, 2017, 17:34
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http://www.livescience.com/57396-ancient-stonehenge-like-calendar-rock-discovered.html
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tiompan
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Re: Depends where you stand
Mar 13, 2017, 18:10
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Quite .
It's a huge hole too ,http://www.famedisud.it/un-calendario-in-pietra-di-6-mila-anni-fa-eccezionale-scoperta-a-gela/
and looks pretty natural .
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baza
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Re: Depends where you stand
Mar 15, 2017, 10:45
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(psst...)
(come closer...)
(wanna see the sun shining through a hole in a rock at solstice time...?)
(and it only happens at solstice time...)
(and it's in England!)
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/150829/thompsons_rock.html
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tiompan
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Re: Depends where you stand
Mar 15, 2017, 11:16
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baza wrote:
Baza ,
how high above the horizon (roughly ) , or how close (timewise ) to actual sunset was the sun in your 2nd pic where it shines through the hole ?
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baza
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Edited Mar 18, 2017, 12:05
Re: Depends where you stand
Mar 15, 2017, 15:18
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This photo was taken immediately before I took the two previous pics.
The globe of the sun is on the horizon.
The ground is uneven and slopes down to the north-north-east. The rock lies in a slight depression. One needs to bend down to see the sun through the hole.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152820206@N07/33379022631/in/album-72157681450035316/
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tiompan
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Re: Depends where you stand
Mar 15, 2017, 15:32
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Got it, thanks .
Some visitors have mentioned the hole looked natural (including Rockandy ) ,what did you think ?
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baza
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Re: Depends where you stand
Mar 15, 2017, 19:03
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I prefer to approach the question from a different angle to others.
It doesn't look natural to me simply because I am unaware of any other such naturally occurring holes. Perhaps it is naturally unique.
However, if it is manmade then, like many others, I would expect the hole to have been finished in a more aesthetic fashion.
I know people who have dismissed this site because the hole "looks natural".
I think that they are missing its significance.
The odds of a unique boulder with a hole through it falling down The Beacon and coming to rest in such a position that the hole points to Summer solstice sunset must be astronomical when compared to the alternative: it was placed there by Man.
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tiompan
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Re: Depends where you stand
Mar 15, 2017, 20:32
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There are a variety of possibilities .
A geologist's viewpoint would be useful .
That way we could potentially halve the variables .
Worth mentioning that the geology of the area is sandstone / mudstone and some limestone , all relatively easily worked .
Some of the grooves in the rocks around Lordenshaws are difficult to distinguish between natural and man made .
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baza
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Re: Depends where you stand
Mar 16, 2017, 10:02
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Whatever the geology and whether or not the hole is manmade, I contend that this stone is of great importance and should sit amongst other internationally known solar alignments.
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tiompan
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Re: Depends where you stand
Mar 16, 2017, 11:13
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If it was man made in the past few centuries then it would certainly belong to the numerous Manhattanhenge type / Midsummer Boulevard in Milton Keynes or contemporary stone circles with built in alignments .
An assessment of whether it was man made , then if so ,when ,would be a start .
Btw , is the hole level or angled ? The earlier info which was linked to here is no longer available and I can't remember if that was mentioned .
Now that we have GE we can be a more accurate than the 8 figure grid ref , do you think you could pinpoint the rock on GE please ?
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