Peter Harris recently posted his HSMF thread at the Megalithic Portal concerning the Waun Mawn site in Wales, where not only has evidence been reported of a stone circle, but it has been speculated that bluestones at Stonehenge may have originally stood in Waun Mawn circle before being brought to Stonehenge. Being ever curious andContinue reading “A Certain “Stonehengy” Number”
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Does the Munck Megalithic Yard Have a Use?
Lately I’ve been looking at some work by others regarding area and volume figures for the Great Pyramid – very interesting stuff. However, I’m also reminded of some of things that happen in my own “realm” concerning this subject. I don’t want to say that the ancients didn’t really care about surface area and volumeContinue reading “Does the Munck Megalithic Yard Have a Use?”
Seahenge
A thread on the Megalithic Portal started some 4 or 5 years ago by Geoff Bath was recently booted to the top of the board, and it managed to spark my curiosity. For some reason, I haven’t been terribly interested in Seahenge or Woodhenge – although Thom provided data on the later, I’ve generally foundContinue reading “Seahenge”
Megalithic Miscellany (including more Callanish)
Working on Callanish again, I find myself wanting another look at more Megalithic monument sites, even if nothing definitive emerges yet. In Megalithic Remains in Britain and Brittany (page 164), Thom describes the geometry of The Giant’s Stones (OSGB Grid ref HU243805) as part of a circle of radius 28 Megalithic Yards joined to aContinue reading “Megalithic Miscellany (including more Callanish)”
Callanish, Part 3
I’ve probably gone and got myself into trouble by attempting to be more comprehensive metrologically in my attempts at interpretation of some of the Callanish “stone circle” sites. On the one hand, such an approach isn’t necessary, nor was it involved in many apparent interpretive successes – that includes interpreting the Great Pyramid interior, whereContinue reading “Callanish, Part 3”
Callanish, Part 2
Some additional Callanish sites covered by Prof. Thom in the book Megalithic Sites in Britain: Callanish III is interesting for being a novel concentric ellipse contained in a circle. I’m very tempted to try to interpret it as making a visual lunar reference but at present I’m somehow having trouble finding data on duration ofContinue reading “Callanish, Part 2”
Regarding Mercury
I’ve long been perplexed by what the ancient might have used as valid approximations of Mercury’s cycles. There’s really no shortage of good candidates – in fact, quite the opposite, which may be the source of the difficulty. It’s curious that in all my searches for material relating to Mayan calendars the past few years,Continue reading “Regarding Mercury”
Big Numbers
I enjoy writing, at least when the idea is to try to share what I’ve learned with others. I like to think I have some advice based on 20 years of experience working with the amazing numbers that I work with, and there seems to be something I’d like to say, but I’m still notContinue reading “Big Numbers”
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…?”
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