SOLVING STONEHENGE      The New Key to an Ancient Enigma
 by Anthony Johnsonn: Published by THAMES HUDSON

 

...you know exactly where each stone will be set - not 'aligned', but set to a fixed architectural scheme.

The surveyors worked using ropes and pegs - to recreate on the ground the master geometric plan. Within the already ancient circular earthwork the axis of symmetry of the new construction had been marked on the ground. To the northeast the axis points towards the sunrise on the longest day of the year - to the southwest to the sunset on this shortest day, this is the direction (the winter solstice) in which the Great Trilithon, the most magnificent set of stones was designed to face... Continue

                                                                                                                                            
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© A. Johnson