Alexander Thom – Luke Piwalker

Stonehenge “Oval With Corners” (Reprise)

Professor Thom’s Bluestone “Oval With Corners” provided a remarkable surprise when revisited last year. “Regarding the still somewhat surprising nomination of 138.6375748 as the perimeter of the bluestone “oval with corners” (Thom, perimeter 51.06 MY x 2.72 = 138.8832000 ft, one possible vote of confidence for it may be that compared to the 120 MYContinue reading “Stonehenge “Oval With Corners” (Reprise)”

Stonehenge’s Sky Whispers

Some strong associations between Stonehenge’s measurements have been made, particularly with Venus, whose Orbital Pyramid of ~225 seems to be synonymous with the number of inches in WMF Petrie’s neglected unit of ancient measurement detected at Stonehenge – but what of the other planets? Well, my calendar tables are still experimental works in progress, whichContinue reading “Stonehenge’s Sky Whispers”

Another Megalithic Yard?

For a long time now, I’ve been familiar with a figure of 2.718208958, which I’ve thought of as a mathematical constant rather than a metrological unit although it is indeed close to Alexander Thom’s Megalithic Yard of about 2.72 feet – so close that it may be up to mathematics and not measurement to sortContinue reading “Another Megalithic Yard?”

The Lintel Meglithic Yard: Did You Mean…?

I wish Windows had a “Did you mean…?” dialog box that helped keep dumb mistakes to a minimum. If so, when I christened the “Aubrey Megalithic Yard”, it would have asked “Are you sure you don’t mean that Megalithic Yard from the Lintel Circle?”. At this hour, I seem unable to see through equations whyContinue reading “The Lintel Meglithic Yard: Did You Mean…?”

On Thom’s Flattened Megalithic Rings (updated)

Also, I don’t know why it never occurred to me before in the ages I’ve been looking at Thom’s flattened ring types, but I’ve always looked at the ratios as he gives them(Megalithic Sites in Britain, p 28-29) Type A Perimeter / major diameter = 3.0591 (3.057985078 = inner sarcen circle circumf. / 100)Minor diameter /Continue reading “On Thom’s Flattened Megalithic Rings (updated)”