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Mulfra Quoit Mulfra Quoit stands on Mulfra Hill to the north of the hamlet of Mulfra, Penzance , Cornwall . It is considered similar to the Chûn Quoit monument, which is located about five kilometres away. Coordinates 50.163352,-5.569343 Description The monument is made up of three supporting stones and one much larger capstone. Although it appears as if the capstone has fallen, it is possible it was built this way. As a building used as a gnomon or winter solstice marker, it is angled lengthwise at 40° toward the northeast and 50° toward the northwest as a gnomon. Analysis Mulfra Quoit as a gnomon at 50° would suggest a celestial object, but its gnomon is quite large. The angle off the surface could be suggested as 45°. It is also possible that it marks a date and rather than being used as a gnomon, it was used so that light would illuminate an inner surface. The date would be when light aligned to reach the inner surface. When applying the angles to the surface, the following wou...

Trethevy Quoit Trethevy Quoit is considered a meg alithic structure and is located in Cornwall . The site is owned and managed by the Cornwall Heritage Trust . The stones are about two kilometres from other monuments such as The Hurlers , The Pipers , Craddock Moor stone circle , and Rillaton Barrow . Coordinates 50.493181,-4.455449 Description The structure is made up of six stone slabs. One slab caps the others and has a hole to one side. Another small, rectangular stone is considered the seventh stone and entrance stone that can be moved for access. It has been suggested that the stones were covered, which would be quite normal for a building used as a gnomon . The purpose would be to eliminate excess light and could have been used during the day. Treth evy Quoit is located on a slightly raised area surrounded by seven hills. The average elevation of the site is 221 metres. The gnomon was likely used for stargazing, aligning with a star or celestial object. Analysis The ...

Grey Wethers Grey Wethers are a pair of prehistoric stone circles located on Dartmoor in Devon. Some archaeology was performed in 1898 along with some restoration of the stones. There is some folklore connected with the stones. Coordinates 50.631984,-3.926117 Description The circles are 32 and 33 metres wide, respectively. The northern circle contains 20 stones on its circumference, and the southern circle contains 29 stones. They align north/south at maximum tilt. Northern 20 stones 4122 32 metres Southern 29 stones 131 33 metres Analysis If pairing off stones vertically and horizontally, then some stones don't align. These stones can be read clockwise as 4122 (northern circle) and 131 (southern circle). 4122 ÷ 131 = 31.465 The difference in width could give two dates suggesting they were built within that time. Another possibility is multiplying the numbers and dividing by the number of seconds in an hour to produce 150. Using this as an angle from the west,...