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Down Tor Stone Circle

Down Tor Stone Circle Down Tor Stone Circle is a stone circle near Down Tor, Dartmoor. Also called Hingston Hill Cairn. Foggintor Quarry is not far to the northwest, where the stones could have been quarried, along with Down Tor, which is currently a national park. Crazywell Cross is to the north and Drizzlecombe to the south. Coordinates  50.506060,-3.994103 Description  Down Tor Stone Circle consists of a long stone row with a circle of stones at the end towards the southwest. This can be considered similar to Drizzlecombe in shape and construction, and is 2 kilometers away. Measurements  This tor and circle are angled at 22° towards the southwest, with the row at a length of 755 feet or 230 metres. Analysis  It is possible that Down Tor Stone Circle is similar to Drizzlecombe, which was shown to be possibly connected with the golden ratio and π or 9πφ together. The circle is 40 meters wide. If using the 22° on the circle towards the northwest, then all stones pair...
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Dolmen Ouest de la Croix

Dolmen Ouest de la Croix


Coordinates 
47.765484, -1.989342

Dolmen Ouest de la Croix is not far from the Dolmen de Tréal which is about 1km away towards the northwest in Bretagne, France.

With this monument, it is known that it started as a neolithic dolmen most probably facing towards the southwest.
It was probably a sculptured dolmen that represented a rock formation with a sunken Cairn, judging by the stones available, these are currently shaped in a semi circle facing south with a wooden footpath from the southwest and is about it's orientation when built.

This dolmen could of been dismantled and moved by owners of the Chateau du Val which is only 700m away soon after it was built in the 16th century as it was on their land but finding the stones of the dolmen far too cumbersome they just dismantled them. This was possibly due to it being near to their eastern road. The Dolmen de Tréal is still mostly intact and about the same distance away but in woodland.

Les Landes de Cojoux
The current angle between the three is 143°, the angle between Dolmen Ouest de la Croix and Dolmen de Tréal is 49° and because the coordinates at the location are 47.765484, -1.989342 then it is possible it was moved from a location that would give it an angle of 47.76°.
This would also reduce the angle to Les Landes de Cojoux to about 1°/2° but if this was 0° east/west at maximum tilt it could be suggested that this is a gnomon measurement at max tilt with an angle of 42° to the horizon.
Comparable with other Neolithic constructions, this could be considered as a probable date of 4200 bc, also representing its location at maximum tilt.

The Dolmen de la Croix-du-Breuil is different from the Dolmen Ouest de la Croix and is located further south at 45° 50′ 50″N, 1° 09′ 05″E.
It is also beside a road and is mostly intact and is comparable with the Dolmen Ouest de la Croix (image above, comparable to what it would have appeared as).

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