How to Read Stonehenge
A Guided Tour for the Discerning Visitor
© Colin Parker
The Book
' HOW TO READ STONEHENGE' provides a clearly written visual guide showing how the sky-watching architects designed Stonehenge. Their plans positioned pairs of stones to provide stunning, multiple-slit viewing perspectives indicating the solar migration movements.
Stonehenge in Context
Stonehenge is arguably the most powerful symbol of Britain’s ancient past. However, after four centuries of investigation by various authorities, the criterion used by the architects in choosing the Stonehenge location, like its true age and purpose, remains veiled in mystery.
The
area
of
southern
England
known
as
Wessex
contains
the
greatest
concentration
of
Neolithic
and
Bronze
Age
monuments
in
the
UK,
and
Stonehenge
is
believed
to
be
part
of
an
extensive
network
of
sacred
sites
and
burial mounds.
The
monument's
stones,
divide
not
only
the
Neolithic
but
also
today's
vitally
important
agricultural
year.
After
reading this book, you will never look at the monument in the same way again.
A Functioning Device
Extensive measurements in and around the stones of Stonehenge prove, that the monument, is still capable of indicating the altitude of the sun at noon each day, the moon’s cycle, and a sunrise and sunset roughly every 23 to 26 days, defining the vitally important ancient and today’s farmers’ agricultural calendar. ‘How to Read Stonehenge’ visually demonstrates exactly how its purpose is achieved, using photographs taken at sunrise and sunset on specific dates at Stonehenge and at other ancient pre-historic earthwork sites in the Stonehenge landscape and elsewhere.
How to Read Stonehenge
A Guided Tour for the Discerning Visitor
© Colin Parker
The Book
' HOW TO READ STONEHENGE' provides a clearly written visual guide showing how the sky-watching architects designed Stonehenge. Their plans positioned pairs of stones to provide stunning, multiple-slit viewing perspectives indicating the solar migration movements.
Stonehenge
is
arguably
the
most
powerful
symbol
of
Britain’s
ancient
past.
However,
after
four
centuries
of
investigation
by
various
authorities,
the
criterion
used
by
the
architects
in
choosing
the
Stonehenge
location,
like
its
true age and purpose, remains veiled in mystery.
The
area
of
southern
England
known
as
Wessex
contains
the
greatest
concentration
of
Neolithic
and
Bronze
Age
monuments
in
the
UK,
and
Stonehenge
is
believed
to
be
part
of
an
extensive
network
of
sacred
sites
and
burial
mounds.
The
monument's
stones,
divide
not
only
the
Neolithic
but
also
today's
vitally
important
agricultural
year.
After
reading
this
book,
you
will
never
look
at
the
monument
in
the same way again.
Extensive
measurements
in
and
around
the
stones
of
Stonehenge
prove,
that
the
monument,
is
still
capable
of
indicating
the
altitude
of
the
sun
at
noon
each
day,
the
moon’s
cycle,
and
a
sunrise
and
sunset
roughly
every
23
to
26
days,
defining
the
vitally
important
ancient and today’s farmers’ agricultural calendar.
‘How
to
Read
Stonehenge’
visually
demonstrates
exactly
how
its
purpose
is
achieved,
using
photographs
taken
at
sunrise
and
sunset
on
specific
dates
at
Stonehenge
and
at
other
ancient
pre-historic
earthwork
sites in the Stonehenge landscape and elsewhere.
