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Stonehenge Rope Experiment 2008 Stone Circle Merseyside

Submitted by coggins on Wednesday, 21 May 2008  Page Views: 2212

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Your readers may be interested in the experiment being conducted by my good friend John Hill MA (Archaeology). We will be laying out the ground plan of Stonehenge on a Sports Field in Allerton, Liverpool just before Summer Solstice 2008.

This is to prove that the site can be laid out using only a shadow stick and a rope, using fingers and toes for counting. No astronomy, no Euclidean geometry.

To prove how simple it is to lay out the ground plan to within a few inches of accuracy, pupils of Northcote Primary School are going to be demonstrating the technique.

Please come along and find out.

Brian Coggins

Here is a link to the University of Liverpool webpage:

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