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tiompan
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|  New Message Posted!2012-10-04 11:58
Apart from the speculation nothing we don't already know about the Cove .btw worth mentioning afetr a very quick glance over the other stuff ,gaelic Dun means fortification not hill .
George
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Runemage
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| New Message Posted!2012-10-04 11:29
Is there anything here that's relevant?
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146411660
Rune
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tiompan
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| New Message Posted!2012-10-04 09:36
We dont the exact height of the stone or it's exact location so the suggestion is hardly scientific . Considering that the putative phenomenon has never been recorded and nobody alive today could have seen it , "Observation " is not appropriate either .
George
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On 2012-10-04 03:35, megalith6 wrote:
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On 2012-09-19 13:06, tiompan wrote:
"it is supposition"
It is indeed, supposition based on some quite scientific observation. Well done Terence Meaden!
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megalith6
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On 2012-09-19 13:06, tiompan wrote:
"it is supposition"
It is indeed, supposition based on some quite scientific observation. Well done Terence Meaden!
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tiompan
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| New Message Posted!2012-09-19 13:06
It is merely a suggestion there has never been any recording of the event and we don't know the exact relationship of the stones to be sure if the event would happen as surmised and of course even if it did there is no way of ensuring there was any intent on behalf of the builders .Coves are not common but of those we are aware no others have this effect . The Longstones at Beckhampton avenue do not have the required gnomon and once again it is supposition .
George
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On 2012-07-24 01:49, megalith6 wrote:
The Cove is a crude yet effective arrangement of megaliths for determining or ritually marking the midsummer sunrise. There was a Stone 'F' ... |
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For a plan of Stone 'F' in relation to the North Cove please see Terence Meaden's 'The Secrets of the Avebury Stones' (1999) especially pages 79-81 where the Cove is shown in plan awaiting the midsummer sunrise, alongside a similar arrangement for the proposed Beckhampton Cove at megalithic Avebury. The thesis is that gnomon stones at Avebury cast shadows into the coves (and elsewhere) at significant times of the year, at the summer solstice dawn for the North Cove and winter solstice sunrise in respect of Beckhampton.
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megalith6
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| New Message Posted!2012-09-19 12:30
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On 2012-07-24 01:49, megalith6 wrote:
The Cove is a crude yet effective arrangement of megaliths for determining or ritually marking the midsummer sunrise. There was a Stone 'F' ... |
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For a plan of Stone 'F' in relation to the North Cove please see Terence Meaden's 'The Secrets of the Avebury Stones' (1999) especially pages 79-81 where the Cove is shown in plan awaiting the midsummer sunrise, alongside a similar arrangement for the proposed Beckhampton Cove at megalithic Avebury. The thesis is that gnomon stones at Avebury cast shadows into the coves (and elsewhere) at significant times of the year, at the summer solstice dawn for the North Cove and winter solstice sunrise in respect of Beckhampton.
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megalith6
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| New Message Posted!2012-07-24 01:49
The Cove is a crude yet effective arrangement of megaliths for determining or ritually marking the midsummer sunrise. There was a Stone 'F' which was blown up with gunpowder many years ago - this stone, before it was destroyed, sent a shadow into the Cove at the rising of the summer solstice sun. Stone 'F' must have been a 'keystone' at Avebury much like the Obelisk, that's probably why it and indeed the Obelisk were dispatched. Avebury is a unique neolithic timepiece but recent history has intentionally thrown a spanner in the works it seems.
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LittleEnki
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| New Message Posted!2012-01-31 15:37
I was thinking, that the stone that is so deep was originally closer to the surface, and at some point the area around the stone may have been infilled? I'm not familiar with Avebury as much as SH, but find it to be fascinating in adifferent way.
Also, a stone that is used for energy generation, magnetic reasons, or leyline mapping would be set deeply into the Earth as a booster for ground potential. Stones have been known to settle through the years due to geographic anomalies, and that is a distinct possibility.
Perhaps even, they settled due to more older ruins lying underneath, decaying, and dropping into another strata layer. There are a lot of possibilities, for sure!
Cheers!
Littleenki
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On 2011-12-20 23:07, Runemage wrote:
Hi Tom,
Several stones are known to be set very deeply, Rudston Monolith is another one. Perhaps there's a clue in the underlying geology as well as geomancy?
Rune
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pod
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| New Message Posted!2012-01-29 17:04
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On 2011-12-20 23:07, Runemage wrote:
Hi Tom,
Several stones are known to be set very deeply, Rudston Monolith is another one. Perhaps there's a clue in the underlying geology as well as geomancy?
Rune
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Indeed - I think that soil deposition soil erosion must be taken into account We know that the henge ditch is now only a third of its original depth (deposition) and the henge outer wall much less so (erosion) I dont believe that the buried stones in Avebury were buried in the traditional sense but rather soil deposition covered them over
Like wise i don't believe the Rudston monument was orginally half buried but rather a impressive 51 foot stone with about 40 foot above the ground and just ten foot to secure it Soil deposition and gradual sinking by the stone would have left it at its modern height
we can only surmise the original looks of stone circles -
thanks
pod
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jonm
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| New Message Posted!2012-01-28 11:10
Thanks Tom
Hoping to get a look at Avebury soon. No correlation on Castlerigg. Definite apparent multiple correlations with the other place you mentioned. Haven't had time! (too much work coming in)
Cheers!
Jon
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