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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | A zoomed in image of the peaks of the Brecon Beacons, as seen from the mound. The central semi-circular gap is 1/2 degree wide, the same size,and profile, as the Sun and the Moon.
The peak to the left, Pen y Fan, is the same size too.
It is through this gap that the Sun rises on the historical date of the Megalithic Equinox's. 1 year in 4 it is a good fit. The other 3 years it can be out by about 1 Sun diameter, and on the 4th year it is a good match again,but a day late. A regular repeated cycle. This is how Ancient man knew the year was 365 and 1/4 days long. 3 years of 365 days, and 1 of 366 days.
This cycle is most apparent at the Equinox's. |
| Posted Comments: AngieLake
(2010-03-22) | I'm sure the ancient people found these unusual-shaped peaks a strong focal point of their daily lives. Even to me the sight of them is quite rivetting, and I remember finding it hard to concentrate on the road each time I've driven near them through the Beacons en route to N.Wales! Cerrig - I'm sure Sem mentioned a link between the peaks and Bull's/Ox's Horns, which would tie in well to prehistoric peoples' reverence for them. | cerrig
(2010-03-22) | It's curious you should mention Bulls horns Angie. I don't know if you've been to the 2 circles at Nant Tarw, close to the Usk reservoir. The circles are about 100 meters apart, in a N/W-S/E alignment, in common with other circles in the Beacons area. From the N/W circle you can see these peaks through a gap in the hills, but from the S/E circle they are hidden. It must be, in my opinion, deliberate for this to be so.
The significance to your comment is that Nant Tarw translates as " Bull Brook".
Incidentally, anyone who saw the incredible Eddie Izzard running through the Beacons on his epic quest may recognise this scene.Below the plantation seen here on the opposite side of the valley is where he finished one of his 43 marathons.Right by it is a cairn and a standing stone. Just down in the valley bottom, out of shot here, is Crai reservoir, and he was filmed running across it's dam wall. The 3 mile hill he climbed just before this can be seen on the page for Saith Maen. It's the sightline for the red sandstone builder in the row,and it crests at a place called " Bwllch Bryn Rhydd", or " the pass by the red hill". I'll bet his cheeks were well "rhydd" after that climb. I wonder if he was aware of the historic landscape he was running through.
What a man, a real hero. It put's the journey's of x-factor contestants into perspective. | AngieLake
(2010-03-23) | Sem and Caroline did take me to Nant Tarw Cerrig, but I forget about the view of the peaks between the hills. (Must check out camcorder footage.) I remember them more from two possible circles Sem had discovered near Waun Ddu, not far from Y Pigwn. By dowsing the ritual movement around them I felt he was right. In one of the longer moves at the first 'circle' there was an alignment of 120 degs to Pen Y Fan, and the other 'circle' also had a ritual movement towards the peaks in approx same angle, and another movement towards Fan Brychieniog approx SW, IIRC. (Haven't got notes to hand.) I remember the summit of F.B. was just visible above the plantation there. (This is all down to Sem's research, mind!) | AngieLake
(2010-03-23) | Should have said the second circle had the 120 deg alignment, and the first one had the twin alignments! (Only Simon will know this anyway.) | cerrig
(2010-03-23) | Angie, just had a look at translations for the peaks here. "Pen y Fan" means " highest peak" and "Corn Ddu" means " Black Horn". The plot thickens. | AngieLake
(2010-03-23) | Ask Sem about it Cerrig. He'll tell you his theories about this, I'm sure. |
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