I visited the Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, Yorks, on Saturday May 1st, and used my GPS device to mark their exact positions. Satellite reception was good, with an accuracy of around 10ft.
I had been told that the alignment of the stones was "roughly" towards the triple henge site near West Tanfield, some 17km north-west, but when I checked this on MemoryMap, I found that it is quite a bit to the east of this line. In fact, I found that on the alignment of the Devil's Arrows there were THREE OTHER points - marked "Henge, (site of)", just over 6km north-west, (SE33868 75515) due west of Dishforth airfield , and a tumulus and "henge" a couple of kilometres further on (SE35243 73555). Finally, there are a group of tumuli just south of Melmerby (at SE33843 75525).
I have not had time to check out these sites, but I wondered if anyone else has noticed this alignment, and knows of its significance.
I'd be glad to send my GPS data to anyone who wants to check my inferences. so please let me know if you're interested.
Graham Smith
Something is not right. This message is just to keep things from messing up down the road