Roman Amphitheatre of Uthina The Roman Amphitheatre of Uthina is located in Uthina , near Tunis, Tunisia . Building for Uthina began in 40 BC and continued through to 135 AD. The amphitheatre may have been a later addition to what was already a large town. Also located there were a fortress, cisterns, an aqueduct, a triumphal arch, a theatre, and a basilica with a circular crypt . Coordinates 36.608598,10.169214 Description The amphitheatre, partly buried, measures 113 by 90 meters. The arena measures 58 by 35 metres, giving surface areas of 7988 and 1539 square metres respectively. There are four entrances, two main entrances at each end, with the seating area supported by three tiers of columns and arches. (Although these are no longer there, measurements and amphitheater descriptions rely on a complete building.) Measurements for the amphitheatre on site are 12 0 by 89 metres, with the arena measuring 67 by 36 metres. The surface areas measure 10680 an d 24...
Drumtroddan Standing Stones
Drumtroddan Standing Stones are a small Neolithic or Bronze Age stone alignment in Dumfries and Galloway.
Drumtroddan cup and ring marks are nearby towards the northwest.
Coordinates
54.766914,-4.543598
There are three stones with one standing aligned towards the northeast. They are all 3m tall, but the central is slightly shorter at 2.7m.
Stones
Drumtroddan Standing Stones were built after the Torhouse Stone Circle but are connected to its meaning.
The stones currently align at 45° and stand at 54.76° latitude. The remaining standing stone is 3m tall, and all three have minimal crafting, which suggests that they are Neolithic.
Assuming the Drumtroddan Standing Stones are connected to the Torhouse Stone Circle dated to 2163 bc, then converting this into an angle and adding to 45° puts the angle of construction at 51.4294°. This can be a new latitude, and along it's longitude subtracting 2.688 reaches Avebury. The 2.688 would then equate to the length of the central stone at 2.7m.
2163+1985=4148
4148÷1000=4.148
4.148×1.55=6.4294
6.4294+45=51.4294
4.543598-1.855=2.688
Avebury
51.4294,-1.855
Conclusion
The standing stones seem unworked and might suggest they were older, using the date from Torhouse Stone Circle at 2163 bc, which is pivotal in reaching Avebury's location. Avebury was built slightly before Stonehenge in 2550-2500 bc and so wouldn't date before then, this then suggests they were quickly worked, so there were two equal lengths and the important 2.7m length.
This could also mean that a number of structures were built in a short space of time, adding to the idea that all of the structures in this area of Dumfries and Galloway were constructed at the same time.
Using the 3m stones or the other year of 2093 bc gives a location 10-20km away from Avebury.
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