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...
Torhouse Stone Circle is situated in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The image is of Torhouskie Stone Row, which is a group of stones 120 metres away at 10°. It is thought the groups of stones are connected.
Coordinates
54.876949,-4.522709
Description
The circle is 22 metres wide. There are three stones in the centre, and 19 stones on the circumference. A further three stones in a row, known as the Torhouskie Stone Row, are towards the east that align at 10° to the centre stones. The two stones towards the southeast are aligned between 70°-74° towards the center and at 27° towards the row of three, the Torhouskie Stone Row. The three are 125 metres away, and the two are 40 metres away.
There are nineteen stones on the circumference of the circle, the three in the centre are made of granite and the circle is considered as a Neolithic constructed circle. As with other stone circles the angles between the stones give away a clue to it's purpose.
Analysis
The 19 stones could be considered as 22, as three other stones exist which are mostly buried. The angle of 42° can be considered as a mostly buried stone on the circumference and the centre stone.
If using the angle 42° anti-clockwise a centre stone aligns with two circumference stones. For this to be correct for the other centre then the angle would be 38°.
Angles
Here, the angles that are used are 38° and 42°, and the purpose of the angle is a directional pointer.
Using 38° clockwise
2,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1
Using 42° clockwise
3,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2
The numbers produced suggest a pointer stone in the middle of the five ones for 38°, and a reducing number using 1's for the 42°.
The corresponding stone for 38° is at 7° with the centre stone and for 42° is at 3°.
This splits the circle with 6 stones towards the north and 3 stones towards the west.
A further 6 stones are left towards the south.
This splits the circle 3, 6, 6 with a large stone in the centre not used. This could then be 3, 6, 1, 6 and could represent a year of construction from 1985 AD.
Using 38° anti-clockwise
1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2
Using 42° anti-clockwise
2,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,3
In the anti-clockwise direction for 38° there is an increasing pattern of numbers using 1's. For 42° it suggests another pointer using 1's again, one angle is 62° with the centre stone and the other is 77°. If using these angles from the anti-clockwise direction the circle is split 7,1,9.
Conclusion
Originally, it was thought the circle and surrounding stones were Neolithic and, as such, these would have been linked to a location or elevation of interest, but these were simply carved stones. It wasn't until the early Bronze Age when larger shaped stones were used outside of Gravinis and western France. This was partly ice retreat.
Near the coast, stones would have been linked with sailing to Greenland and Canada; elsewhere, stones connected to other stone circles like the Castlerigg Stone Circle.
There is a connection when rotating clockwise and then anti-clockwise. This rotation splits groups of stones, producing two numbers. (Primers and angles became popular in the Bronze Age, 3300 BC)
If dividing the two numbers produced 3616 and 917, then a date is produced that links to the later-built Castlerigg Stone Circle.
3,616 ÷ 719 = 5.0292
5.0292 ÷ 1.55 = 3.245
3.245 × 1,000 = 3,245
3,245 - 1,985 = 1,259
The number 3616 could be 3616 BC, but this is too old for stone circles to have been built. So, instead, using both numbers from the maximum tilt, 1985 AD, to produce a Bronze Age build.
It is not clear what the outer stones at 10° and 70° represent. The anti-clockwise measurements angles put the Torhouskie Stone Row at 9°.
It is possible that these angles are subtracted from the number produced, 3616. So if 1985 is subtracted along with 70 and 10 from the number 3616, but this is clockwise, so using anti-clockwise, 70° is 20° and 10° is 80°.
3616 - 1985 - 20 - 80 = 1531.
This suggests 1531 BC or 1551 BC as angles and numbers available. It is likely that this is correct and produces 1531 BC as a year, whereas the 1259 BC date was the year for Castlerigg Stone Circle, a later build constructed by the same group of people.
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