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Swinside Stone Circle Swinside Stone Circle, which is also known as Sunkenkirk  and Swineshead, is  a stone circle lying beside Swinside Fell, part of Black Combe in southern Cumbria, North West England. It has been suggested that most archaeologists concur that the circles in this area were built for ritual or ceremonial reasons, the stone circles Castlerigg and Long Meg, and her Daughters are in this area. The circle is 27m in diameter with 47 stones on the circumference and 1 further stone at 19°, although there are a total of 55 stones originally, there could have been 60 stones. Coordinates 54.282497,-3.273838 Angles If the circle is split by a line that goes through each double stone , then angles 10,19, and 9 0° are produced with the 90° at maximum tilt. This then splits the circle in half with 20 stones in total towards the west and 27 towards the east. The 10 and 19 lines also split the circle, and the corresponding number of stones per s...

Beltany Stone Circle The Beltany Stone Circle is a Bronze Age stone circle just south of Raphoe town in County Donegal, Ireland. Although though to date to 2100-700 bc, there is a sacred site of Neolithic monuments and a passage tomb complex at Kilmonaster with Beltany not far away. Circle The stones are, in most part, quite irregular with an outside stone that aligns at 45° and a notched stone in the circumference. Coordinates 54.850305,-7.604857 Assuming the smaller part buried stones are support stones, then there are sixty-four with one outside the circle. If the stones are split using two 45° then there are four segments, and they have 7,15,22, and 20 stones. If these segments are paired as 22/7 and 15/20, then the following are produced. (15 and 20 aren't connected otherwise) 15×20=300 360÷300=1.2 22÷7=π This could be obliquity and pi. π as degrees is equal to 3.142° and as a year equals 2027 years in length. π÷1.55=2.0268 2.0268×1000=...

Temples of Augustus The Temple of Augustus is a well-preserved Roman temple in the city of Pula, Croatia . It is very similar to the Temple of Caesar in Rome, Italy . The Temple of Augustus stood on the left side of a central temple, and the similar temple of the goddess Diana stood on the other side of the main temple. The temple is believed to have been built for Augustus during his reign, which lasted from 2 bc to 14 ad. There were six pillars on the facade. Measurements 17.85 m in length or 40.20 cubitum 8.05 m in width or 18.13 cubitum 14 m in height or 31.53 cubitum Roman Units The Roman cubit (cubitum) was 1½ Roman feet (17.48 inches). Five Roman feet made a pace (passus), 1.48 metres (58.23 inches). Interpretation The measurements multiplied equaled 2012 and, like those of the Pantheon in Rome , were a measurement of 2012 that equalled a year from a construction date. The date equates to 3.12°, which is roughly 0.0235 away from π. 17.85 × 8.05 × 14 = 2011.7 2011.7 ÷ 1000 = 2...

  Druid's Temple The Druid's Temple is located near Ilton, Ripon, North Yorkshire. It is different from other stone circles or monuments that hold the same name. It was built in the 1800s by William Danby, a land owner, as a probable Stonehenge replica a short distance from Swinton Park, his home. William Danby also employed someone to live there for seven years, adding to the name and alore. Description  The temple is made up of stones from both the Neolithic and Bronze Age and, as such, was probably part of a land clearing exercise, though never stated as such. Multiple Neolithic markers are gathered together along with stones from dolmens. These are probably from the nearby Thornborough Henges and adjacent sites. Neolithic markers were slim but shaped bland stones that marked locations of interest with dolmens usually having a capstone and a larger number of supporting stones. Thornborough Henges were built in the Bronze Age, and communiti...

Dolmen Crucuno The Dolmen Crucuno is located in the town of Plouharnel, in Morbihan, to the north-west of the village, situated next door to a house. Dimensions 7.60m long 3.35m wide 1.80m high The capstone weighs 40 tonnes, and there are nine support stones of which one has cup and ring marks. The rest of the 27 metre long original structure was used for nearby buildings, it become the property of the state in 1882, and the dolmen was classified as a historical monument from 1889. Construction Like other dolmens, Crucuno was assembled by placing the capstone onto the buried support stones and then digging the soil away. Dolmens vary in design by year of construction. Some had holes in their side for the reproduction of sound, which was possibly made from a methane/air mixture. This could possibly be a way of communicating, but as sound has a short range, it would be the vibration induced that would travel further distances. This could be a reproduction of the sound from icebe...

Carnac Stones The Carnac Stones or Alignements de Carnac in Bretagne, France, were built by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany. There are 3000 stones of local granite, and the sites date to 4500/3300 bc. There are a number of monuments built in this area about this time, and they are the Kermario alignments with 1029 stones, the Kerlescan alignments with 550 stones, and the Ménec alignments with 1050 stones. One possible reason for the build is an alignment with glacial movement. This is partly because the rows vary slightly from each other and the Gravinis site, which is suggested to date to 4655 bc. The site of Gravinis has an eleven metres capstone, and the site at maximum tilt was about 11 metres above sea. Other sites in western France from a later date pertain to connect with Gravinis and Carnac by their builds at an altitude of 11 metres. Some have also been altered to be 19 metres above sea level. Stones The stones have been quarried a...

Cockpit Stone Circle The Cockpit Stone Circle is situated about 5kms southwest of Penrith. It appears aged and disarranged but is connected to the Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick and the Giza pyramids. Circle  The stones used on the circle are at 36° towards the northeast situated opposite each other and east/west at 0°. Cockpit Stone Circle 54.592702,-2.801775 Castlerigg 54.602844,-3.098154 Current distances from coordinates between Castlerigg and Cockpit Stone Circle. 54.602844- 54.592702= 0.010142 1.127 kms 3.098154- 2.801775= 0.296379 19.112 kms In a triangle, these numbers produce an angle of 3.375° in 2020, but if maximum tilt is subtracted, this  decreases it by 0.05425° from 1985. 0.05425-3.375= 3.32075 This gives a new distance of 1.109kms north and 19.12kms east. Area=10.76961 Perimeter=39.3842 New Area=10.59699 Perimeter=39.36508 If the angle is included in the circle as 3.32° then it could be the row of five stones split by a large stone 3/2...

Lochmaben Stone Lochmaben Stone or stones as there are two are located in the Solway Firth in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. The Lochmaben Stone is 2.13m tall. The other stone at 70° towards the northeast is 1m tall, and both are considered glacial boulders. Coordinates  54.983677,-3.076052 These stones hold a similarity with Meini Gwyr in Wales as it only has two stones but also implies that it could have been a circle and has a possible moon phase. Meaning Using similiar pairings by using height multipled by distance apart by angle, a number of 3131 is achieved. (2.13×21)×(1×70)=3131.1 This monument has been dated to 3000 bc, so a date of 3131 bc would be accurate. A slight variation in height measurement, though, would alter the number greatly. At Meini Gwyr in Wales, the stones visually and through height difference represented a moon phase. Due to the shape, it is possible that the  Lochmaben Stone also represents the moon in a phase with a separ...

Long Meg and her Daughters Long Meg and her Daughters is a Bronze Age stone circle near Penrith in Cumbria, UK. Coordinates 54.728013,2.667401 Description  The circle consists of 59 stones (of which 27 remain upright) set in an oval shape measuring 340 ft (100 m) on its long axis. The outside stone is known as Long Meg and is 12 ft (3.6 m) high and made from red sandstone. It is positioned 80 ft (25 m) to the southwest of the circle. Long Meg is marked with examples of megalithic art, including a cup and ring mark, a spiral, and rings of concentric circles. Circle What seems like a complicated circle with most stones standings can be perceived as a slightly simpler code made from '1s' and '2s'. These 1's and 2's are derived from angles which join the outer stones together. In this case, the start line is east/west at maximum tilt or 0°. This east/west line begins with an arrow shaped stone, the 2nd line is at 24° to the ...