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I'm interested to know what anyone here knows of the alignment of stone circles in Britain (which appear to have served a different purpose than in Iron Age Scandinavia).
As you may know, the series of moon phases runs on a cycle of 19 years, so for example there is a full moon on the 11th November. This won't happen again until 2034.
Interestingly, but perhaps unsurprisingly, many stone circles have 19 stones (Merry Maidens, Biscawen-un), or 9 with a gap (because you can't have half a stone!). Did these definitely align with a certain moon phase once a year, or maybe it marked a solstice every year of the cycle which rose in a different place on the horizon... Then there are circles with 38 stones, which could mark half years (both solstices?) and others with more odd numbers (The Hurlers). Do we know what alignment any of these circles have? Star signs maybe? I don't know. Thoughts? Links to articles?
I'm interested to know what anyone here knows of the alignment of stone circles in Britain (which appear to have served a different purpose than in Iron Age Scandinavia).
As you may know, the series of moon phases runs on a cycle of 19 years, so for example there is a full moon on the 11th November. This won't happen again until 2034.
Interestingly, but perhaps unsurprisingly, many stone circles have 19 stones (Merry Maidens, Biscawen-un), or 9 with a gap (because you can't have half a stone!). Did these definitely align with a certain moon phase once a year, or maybe it marked a solstice every year of the cycle which rose in a different place on the horizon... Then there are circles with 38 stones, which could mark half years (both solstices?) and others with more odd numbers (The Hurlers). Do we know what alignment any of these circles have? Star signs maybe? I don't know. Thoughts? Links to articles?
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