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Hey hey, another wet day

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fitzcoraldo Sep 3, 2008 20:18:07

Replying to tiompan

Hi G
I presume Mick’s alignment is the midwinter sun which was recorded by Thom.
Thom also recorded an alignment between Long Meg, Little Meg and Fiends Fell.
This alignment indicated the rising point of the sun on or around the two quarter days that fall midway between the spring equinox and summer solstice and between the summer solstice and Autumn equinox.
Anderson also suggested an alignment along the same line from the centre of Castlerigg via the second and now lost, outlier which indicated the rising point of the sun on or around May Day.
All blagged from John Waterhouses wonderful book, The Stone Circles of Cumbria.
Oh Yeh, I much prefer a moody Meg to a sunny one.

cheers
fitz

Hob Sep 3, 2008 21:14:03

Replying to fitzcoraldo

It's not a sky thing*, but there's a 3 point line between the Leacet Cairn circle at the bottom of Whinfell, the Clifton stones (also burial remains) and the suposed clouty well at Clifton.

It would be dead handy if there was a thing you could fit on a gps to let you check alignment stuff in an easy visual way.

*(at least I don't think so, I wouldn't have a clue where to start working it out...)

tiompan Sep 3, 2008 21:50:14

Replying to fitzcoraldo

fitzcoraldo wrote:

cheers
fitz

Hi Fitz , the problem I have with the Long Meg astro stuff is really the suggestion that there is some sort of alignment between the centre the entrance and Long Meg .Burl mentions it a couple of times but aerial views and plans show it is askew . However the situation is always going to provide solstice "alignments " between combinations of centre to LM and centre through entrance . Pure pedantry .