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Barrow Rings in the Low Countries
Harenermolen and the Counting of Holes
Harenermolen: Symmetries and the Spacings of Rings
Probable Styles of Observation Using Posts
Harenermolen: Alignments in Both Rings
Numbers of Posts
The Earliest Stonehenge Structures
Why Fifty-six Aubrey Holes?
Ditch, Bank, Treehenge and Aubrey Holes
The Aubrey Holes and Normanton Down Tracks
Post Numbers as a Guide to Events
8 THE GREAT TREEHENGES
Stonehenge’s Timber Ancestry
Woodhenge
Woodhenge: the Supernumerary Posts
Woodhenge: the Third Dimension
Woodhenge: the Integration of Sun and Moon
Durrington Walls: the Constant Horizon
Durrington Walls: the Circles
Durrington Walls: the Dimensions of the Posts
Durrington Walls: the Southern ‘Façade’
Durrington Walls: the Four-Posters and Post Rows
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant: Alignments on Stars
Mount Pleasant: the Glare of the Sky
The Henge at Arminghall
Treehenge and Barrow
9 STONEHENGE ASTRONOMY—A HISTORICAL PROLOGUE
First Reports
Stonehenge and the First Calculators
Symbolism on a Grand Scale
The Coming of the Theodolite
10 STONEHENGE—AN INVENTORY
Banks and Ditch
Timber Posts and Rings. Post Holes A
The Aubrey Holes
Bluestones in the Q- and R-Holes
Stone 97 and the Heel Stone (96) and its Ditch
The Avenue
Stones B and C, and the Hollow
The Sarsen Trilithons
The Ring of Sarsens
Stone Holes D, E and the Ditch Stone
The Station Stones (91–94)
The Altar Stone (80)
The Slaughter Stone (95) and Holes D and E again
The Extant Bluestone Circle
The Bluestone Horseshoe
The History of the Dressed Bluestones
The Y- and Z-Holes
11 THE FIRST THREE STONEHENGES
The Q-R Henge
Reversible Alignments
The Levels of the Sarsen Trilithons and Circle
The Geometry of the Sarsen Pillars
The Geometry of Obscuration
The Blocking of Rays through the Q- and R-Circles
Sarsen Ring and Midwinter Sun
Altar Stone and Midwinter Sun
Geometers, Engineers and Astronomers
The Sarsen Ring and Midsummer?
The Sarsen Ring and the Moon
The Moon and the Stone Stations
The Trilithons
The Trilithons—an Independent Monument?
The Geometrical Design
A Chronological Summary
12 LOZENGE AND CALENDAR
The Lozenge Motif
Bush Barrow
The Bush Barrow Lozenge Was Not a Calendar
The Lozenge as Geometrical Construct
The Lozenge as Symbol
13 RITUAL AND BELIEF
Tokens of Religion
Signs of a Priesthood?
The Objects of Worship
Myth, Explanation and Logic
Solar Symbols
High Places
Sun, Moon and Sacrifice
The Cult of the Ox
Prejudice and Principle
APPENDIX 1—Radiocarbon Dating
APPENDIX 2—The Astronomical Framework
APPENDIX 3—Tables of Directions
APPENDIX 4—Heliacal Rising and Setting
APPENDIX 5—The Rising and Setting of Venus
APPENDIX 6—Alignment in Later Religions
FOOTNOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
OTHER BOOKS BY
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
LIST OF FIGURES (#ulink_f07220ee-179c-5933-a465-5263d4f3ab49)
Fig. 1 The directions of the rising and setting Sun at Stonehenge, around 2000 BC. (#ulink_8eeaba16-f748-5961-8cf8-efb5abfc8c97)
Fig. 2 The absolute extreme directions of the rising and setting Moon at Stonehenge, around 2000 BC. (#ulink_659caad6-50f6-51db-8942-4b2a35680de4)
Fig. 3 Maps of Britain and Ireland (the main henges) and Southern Britain (principal prehistoric monuments discussed). (#ulink_8c5900a0-719f-5f03-91fd-fe3b2261e4b9)
