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Fernworthy Stone Circle Fernworthy Stone Circle is located in Dartmoor National Park in Devon . The circle is thought to be from the Bronze Age . There are several other stones that lead away from the site and could possibly be connected, with several stone cairns located nearby in the woods. Coordinates 50.641163,-3.903817 Description The circle is 60 feet in diameter and contains 29 granite stones . 27 stones are visible, and 2 are mostly buried. One of these two could be considered a marker or pointer and aligns at 80° northeast to a dip in the circle. Analysis From the stone marker to the dip in the circle's circumference aligns best at 80° toward the northeast. When using this angle and aligning the stones, the following are produced: The number 1 is used for no alignment and 2 for an alignment. Clockwise 80° 12111111112211111111122 Anti clockwise 80° 2121121122111111112211 Unlike other stone circles , a pattern or calculation is usually produced, and when usi...

Temple of Poseidon The Temple of Poseidon is located at Cape Sounion, Greece , and is dedicated to the god Poseidon . The temple is believed to date from between 700 and 440 BCE . The god Poseidon is commonly perceived as carrying a trident and presiding over the sea. He is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology . Coordinates 37.650179,24.024523 Description The average elevation for the area is 60 metres because of the incline, with the average temple base height of 64.6 metres and 62.9 metres for the base around the temple. The temple currently appears as having 9 by 6 pillars but illustrations show a temple of 13 by 6 pillars originally. The temple faces southeast at an angle of 14° and when it was built would have faced 3.76°/4.16° less. (72° northeast) 3.76° for 440 BCE 4.16° for 700 BCE This angle toward the southeast would have been 10.24° or 9.84°. (The Parthenon in Athens has a similar angle of 3.77° less when constructed.) Measurements The outer...

Le dolmen de la Table des Marchands The dolmen of the Table des Marchands is a tomb located in Locmariaquer , Brittany, France . Along with the Er-Grah tumulus  and the Broken Menhir of Er Grah , they are the Locmariaquer megaliths . The Er-Grah tumulus is a cairn. The Broken Menhir of Er Grah refers to the broken menhir (which no longer stands) but includes what is thought to be a row of menhirs replaced by small local stones. Coordinates 47.571636,-2.949732 Description The tomb and cairn are located on an outcrop on the mainland at almost the same latitude as Gravinis and about 4 kilometers east. The tomb's entrance is at a 45° angle toward the southeast and is built from the same stone as the Er-Grah tumulus. It is a two-layer structure and roughly circular. One layer is 20 metres and the other 29 metres wide, and 15 metres and 23 metres long, respectively. Analysis Taking the difference in coordinates between the two sites as,...

Foel Drygarn Hill Fort Foel Drygarn Hill Fort is located in Pembrokeshire, Wales . Its name means "The hill of the three cairns" and is considered an Iron Age hillfort with three Bronze Age cairns . Two kilometers to the west is Carn Goedog on the Preseli Hills with Carn Bica , and four kilometers to the southwest is the Gors Fawr Stone Circle . Coordinates 51.970166,-4.683347 Other monuments in the area Morganna Standing Stone 51.950550,-4.609143 About ten kilometers to the southeast. Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber 51.998964,-4.770052 About ten kilometers to the northwest. Waun Mawn Standing Stones 51.970930,-4.792074 About eight kilometers to the west. Description Foel Drygarn Hill Fort is at an altitude of 363 meters, and although it is on its own hill, it is not the highest monument in the area. The hillfort and cairns appear to be mostly composed of small, randomly placed rocks. It is angled 27° toward the northeast and is about 300 meters at its widest p...

Gorsedd Circle The Gorsedd Circle is a stone circle in Fishguard, Wales . The Gorsedd Stones are a Welsh tradition of modern stone circles constructed for the National Eisteddfod of Wales . These stone circles can be found at several locations, including Aberdare Park and Anglesey . They are typically 20 metres wide and have 12 stones on the circumference with a level stone in the circle. A further stone is usually set back from the circumference; the central stone is called the Logan Stone . Coordinates 51.996431,-4.975040 Stone Circle  Gorsedd Circle is a typical stone circle but has 13 stones on the circumference with one inset. It was erected in 1936 and has the names of the parishes inscribed on each stone. Ceremony  During the opening ceremony, the Archdruid stands on the Logan Stone facing the Stone of the Covenant . Two stones mark the entrance and are called the Portal Stones . These mar k the midsummer and midwinter sunrises . Gorsedd Circle  (no edit) ...

Gors Fawr Stone Circle Gorsedd Fawr Stone Circle is a stone circle in Wales . The name means "great wasteland". The circle is thought to date from Neolithic times . It is about 20 meters wide with 17 stones on its circumference and a further stone outside. A further pair of stones can be located to the northeast. These are 36° apart and 75° and 80° from the primer stone on the circle. Coordinates 51.931630,-4.714521 If pairing the stones both horizontally and vertically, then two sets of numbers are produced. If assuming the vertical numbers align as primers, then the horizontal set can be put into sets of four with three 1's. These three 1's can be used as cubed root. Horizontal 121111121211111 47° Vertical 21111112111111 4° 1211×1112×1211×111= 111×1121×2111×1121= ³ √( 1121×2111×1121)=1384 1384.3−1985=600 600.6÷1000=0.6006 0.6006×1.55=0.931 As this number is in latitude decimals , the 71° aligns with the 12 and the 10th stone clockwise. The 10t...

Bryn Celli Ddu Chamber Tomb Bryn Celli Ddu Chambered Tomb is considered a pre historic tomb with some stone carvings. There are also a number of Neolithic stones scattered around the tomb, which are located on the Isle of Anglesey . Br yn Celli Ddu me ans "the mound in the dark grove." The tomb was archaeologically excavated in the 1920s . Coordinates 53.207714,-4.236147 Further monuments: The Bryn Celli Ddu Standing Stone is a short, rounded stone approximately 520 feet away from the Burial Chamber at an angle of 31 degrees to wa rd the southwest. The Tyddyn-Bach Standing Stone is a tall, neolithic stone along with a cleari ng approxi mately 1390 feet away from the Burial Chamber at an angle of 17 degrees toward the northwest. Description B ryn Celli Ddu measures about 90 feet wide but is not a complete circle, with a height of about 9 feet. The entrance opens out toward the northeast and currently measures 39°. Measurements If the stones are connected and mea...