The Avenue to Stonehenge

The Avenue was probably not used for processions or for hauling the stones (English Heritage report 031 page 34 and 35).

One other use is to create perspective for an assembly of people: The land at Stonehenge Bottom is fairly flat and leads to a slope which climbs about 5 metres over 100 metres before flattening off. As you walk towards Stonehenge, the lower-most parts of the monument gradually disappear from sight. 

Because the ground slopes up, the banks of the Avenue would have had a focal point some 4  metres or so above the ground:

Stonehenge: hypothèse géocentrique

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Une hypothèse de ce blog est que Stonehenge était un lieu conçu pour être un dessin schématique de la nature du mouvement des cieux à partir d'un point de vue géocentrique (monde fixé au centre). Une proposition corollaire est que le monument central de Stonehenge a été conçu pour recréer et de démontrer le mouvement du Soleil à l'aide d'un point de vue géocentrique. 

 

Il s'agit d'un roman et nouvelle hypothèse au Février 2012: Cette hypothèse n'est pas lié à l'observation des événements sur l'horizon (comme le coucher du soleil au solstice d'hiver).

Les caractéristiques de cette hypothèse semble être indiqué dans chaque phase du développement à Stonehenge. Une motivation peut-être que les peuples du néolithique voulu montrer leur compréhension croissante de la nature de leur univers.
 
 

Les coïncidences qui soutiennent cette hypothèse sont les suivants:

1: Schéma de Stonehenge, toutes les fonctionnalités, sont présentées comme une description précise géocentrique de l'Univers:

Preuve:

• Par expérimentation: Voir: "To draw the Universe" (en anglais pour l'instant)
• Description: Voir le lien intitulé: "D' Hyperion nous dit-on ...." (en français)
   

2: Le nombre (et la disposition) des Aubrey Holes (pré-pierre à Stonehenge) est le seul nombre approprié pour décrire les cercles célestes géocentriques à la latitude de Stonehenge:

Preuve:

• Par expérimentation: Voir le lien intitulé: "Before the Sun" (en anglais pour l'instant)
• Description: Voir le lien intitulé: "D' Hyperion nous dit-on ...." (en français)
  
  

3: Le nombre et la disposition des pierres Sarsen dans l'anneau de phase III (à Stonehenge) est le seul nombre approprié pour décrire le mouvement géocentrique solaire:

Preuve:

• Par expérimentation: Voir: "The Number of the Sun" (en anglais pour l'instant)
   

4: Chaque autre caractéristique de la structure du monument de la Phase III Stonehenge semble être identique à la sous-structure d'un système conçu pour démontrer le mouvement géocentrique du Soleil:

• Ce suivra plus tard mais voir ici et ici. Il y a un Google Earth modèle ici et vous pouvez voir l'original de brevet par une société française, l'Agence Nationale de Valorisation de la Recherche, ici. (tout en anglais)

5: les marques du Néolithique dans le monument de Stonehenge semblent décrire le système en 4 ci-dessus:

• Ce suivra plus tard

6: D'autres monuments

• Ce suivra plus tard. Pour un exemple, voir ici (en anglais pour l'instant)
  
  

J'espère que je n'ai pas fait trop d'erreurs en français. S'il vous plaît faites le moi savoir d'erreurs.

Ir. Eur.Ing. J Morris,  BEng CEng FICE FIStructE MHKIE MIAP 

Stonehenge: New Geocentric Hypothesis

  
One hypothesis of this blog is that Stonehenge was a place designed to be a schematic drawing of the nature of the movement of the heavens from a geocentric perspective (world fixed at centre). A second corollary proposition is that Stonehenge's central monument was designed to recreate and demonstrate the Sun's movement using a geocentric perspective. 

These are original, novel and new hypotheses as at February 2012: The hypotheses are not related to the observation of events on the horizon (such as the winter solstice sunset). Version française ici.

The features of this hypothesis appear to exist in each phase of the development at Stonehenge. A motivation might be that Neolithic peoples wished to record their growing understanding of the nature of their Universe.

The coincidences which support this hypothesis are:

1: Stonehenge's grounds and outer markers, every feature, are laid out as an accurate geocentric description of the Universe:

Evidence

• By experiment: See link entitled "To draw the Universe"
• Description: See Link entitled "Of Hyperion we are told"
  
  
   

2: The number (and layout) of 'pre-stone' Aubrey Holes (at Stonehenge) is the only suitable number and arrangement to describe geocentric celestial circles at the latitude of Stonehenge:

Evidence

• By experiment: See link entitled "Before the Sun"
• Description: See Link entitled "Of Hyperion we are told"

3: The number and layout of Sarsen Stones in the Phase III ring (at Stonehenge) is the only suitable number, and arrangement, to describe geocentric solar movement:

Evidence

• By experiment: See link entitled: "The Number of the Sun" 
   

4: Every other feature of the structure of the Phase III Stonehenge monument appears to be identical to the substructure of a system designed to demonstrate the geocentric movement of the Sun: 

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5: Neolithic markings within the Stonehenge monument appear to describe the system in 4 above:

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6: Other monuments

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My thanks to the Skeptics Forum for noting that a hypothesis should be formulated. 


Ir. EurIng. J Morris,  BEng CEng FICE FIStructE MHKIE MIAP 

Winter Solstice: Google Earth View

More 3D CAD Data as a Google Earth model:

The link below contains a test Google Earth CAD construction of the Winter Solstice model (bottom of this page)

If you can't see within the model or it flips to normal view, click on the building model:

I would be very interested in comments and views on whether to do Summer and Equinox

Google Earth Model Data (stonehenge-winter.kmz)

Light-fall in the model can be seen by using >view>sun. 

PS If there's interest in this type of model, I'll render it properly and add in some of the extras which should be there.
 

3-D CAD Data: Stonehenge

The Heavens' Henge and Solarsphere project started with research into obscure methods of solar energy concentration. On finding that these ideas appeared to be duplicated in neolithic monuments, I wrote a novel with some non-fiction content. However, all of the engineering ideas are real, have been tested, prototyped and witnessed as working by independent bodies (eg journalists). All the coincidences have been verified and double-checked against a very large set of published archaeological evidence.

Update: An explorable google-earth 3-D CAD model is available on this web page.

This post gives a simplified CAD (dwg 2010) model of Stonehenge (file requires AutoCAD 2008 or similar). This drawing file was originally produced for an article for The Institution of Civil Engineers and contains:

1. Model Data
2. Copyright data (layout 1)
3. Layered views of Summer, Winter and Equinox (layouts 2 to 4)

The model data looks like this as a 3-D projection:

 

To make an image for The Broken Stone and the secret of the Heavens' Henge, I hid some of the construction and mechanism layers:

 

Then hid some unwanted structure:

 

Before rendering the image:

 

If you're interested in the Heavens' Henge concept, this drawing file is useful for:

1. Checking if the polar axes of the 3 holes in Stone 54 at Stonehenge do intersect
2. Checking if spherical collection spheres fit within Stonehenge's inner Sarsen horseshoe
3. Checking where the mirror spheres (produced by collector spheres) occur
4. Checking if the mirror spheres match Stonehenge's Bluestone and Sarsen rings
5. Checking if the drop-line really does align with Stonehenge's inner horseshoe
6. Checking if Stonehenge's Trilithons are set for each fitting level of the three polar axes

The model has been modified to take into account differences in location of stones noted by Anthony Johnson in Solving Stonehenge. I'll provide the model data in other formats when time.

Jon

There lies in the Ocean an island....

A 'Geocentric' worldview is the idea that our World is fixed: The heavens revolve about us. 

It is said that Aristotle and Ptolemy proposed different ideas of how the heavens revolved around our World. However, Diodorus Siculus, (Library of History Vol II Book2; Part 47) described a sacred precinct of Apollo lost to the pre-greek dark ages:

 

‘There lies in the Ocean an island no smaller than Sicily. This island, the account continues, is situated in the north and is inhabited by the Hyperboreans, who are called by that name because their home is beyond the point whence the north wind (Boreas) blows … And there is also on the island both a magnificent sacred precinct of Apollo and a notable temple which is adorned with many votive offerings and is spherical in shape … The account is also given that the god visits the island every nineteen years, the period in which the return of the stars to the same place in the heavens is accomplished.’ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 2.47.

 

It will help to read this post first (Of Hyperion we are told....)

 

Imagine standing on a fixed geocentric world at a latitude of 51 degrees (Salisbury, England): This worldview can be represented by the solar planes (now 23.5 degrees either side of the Equatorial line, though 24 degrees in 2400BC), together with the blackness of the sphere which appears to revolves around the polar axis:

Take this vision of this World and look at the Winter Solstice; a solar position that happens to coincide with the raised mound around Station Stone 92 at Stonehenge - for detailed explanation see blog post Of Hyperion we are told:

From the centre of the World (Point C), the Sun (S) is located along the solstice solar plane (dashed line). In the UK at winter solstice, it rises from the horizon by an angle of about 16 degrees:

By standing on our world (at P) and drawing a horizon line to a south point H, we can show how high up the sun travels at the Winter Solstice:

We can also define the moon at it's furthest lunar standstill. Every nineteen years, the Moon reaches it's major standstill in the Southern Hemisphere (at about 30 degrees from the equatorial plane in 2400BC). However, both the Moon and the Sun appear to eclipse; so those who believe themselves on a geocentric world, because they do not know if the Moon is in front or behind, might only define the Moon's line and not its exact position:

To represent the solar circle, we can draw a circle around the Sun showing its peak above the horizon:

 

Now we'll draw this with dots:

The Avebury Circle (near Stonehenge, England):

A circle with a centre representing the World and its hinge drawn in stone: Avebury North Inner Circle
The Earth's centre: Avebury's 'Cove'

The sun's Winter Solstice point (from the Earth's Centre): Avebury's Obelisk

The Sun's winter solstice movement line placed @ 16 degrees: South Inner Circle

The moon's variable location placed @ 9 degrees: Avebury's Stone Row

The stars beyond of the firmament: Avebury's outer circle
The outer blackness: Avebury's ditch & bank

Diodorus Siculus tells us that a Geocentric model (world fixed with heavens revolving above) was discovered long before Roman records began. Avebury and Stonehenge fit Diodorus's description.
 

We also know that Northern Europeans often travelled to Britain in Neolithic Times.

Is it possible that the North of Europe knew the nature of the heavens thousands of years before Aristotle and Ptolemy?

Renewable Energy & Sustainability

The Heavens' Henge and Solarsphere project started with research into obscure methods of solar energy concentration. On finding that these ideas appeared to be duplicated in neolithic monuments (particularly Stonehenge), I wrote a fictional novel containing some non-fiction appendices.  However, all of the engineering ideas are real, have been tested, prototyped and witnessed as working by independent bodies (eg journalists).  

All the coincidences have been verified and double-checked against a very large set of published archaeological evidence.

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Latest news (2013):

The ideas were published as a paper (late 2012) in an archaeological forum. Following this, an expanded non-fiction booklet "Stonehenge: Solving the Neolithic Universe" was produced. Reviews of this were very positive. For example: ‘‘Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in Stonehenge.’’ (Reviewer for The Megalithic Portal.)

The booklet is now being reviewed by several professors of archaeology: To date, only positive comments have been received. For example: ‘‘I do agree with you that the basic structure of Stonehenge is essentially a working model of their cosmos/perceived Universe.’’ (Professor of Archaeology: UK, February 2013. Details to follow when comments collated.)

The booklet is now the #1 best selling book about Stonehenge in the USA. More details here. 

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The first few sets of coincidences were described in 2011:

• Stonehenge: Origins of the Heavens' Hinge
• Stonehenge landscape part 1: Of Hyperion we are told

If a connection exists between renewable energy and our distant past, is it possible that the connection could have a beneficial impact on the way renewable energy is seen?

 

  

CAD 3D models (.dwg files) are available here. If there would be interest in seeing more of this type of data, particularly anyone involved in sustainability or renewable energy, please post a comment below (and forward this page link to anyone you think would be interested).

Of Hyperion we are told....

 

A 2014 paper by a London college student, pushing semi-political views, may have referred you here (rather than to the primary literature). If citing the research summarised here, it is preferable to use the detailed works: ISBN 1492736880 (published 2013) or 0956861733 (published 2020).

Added 2021

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A 'Geocentric' worldview is the idea that our World is fixed: the heavens revolve around us.

It is said that Aristotle and Ptolemy proposed different ideas of how the heavens revolved around our World. However, Diodorus Siculus, (Library of History, Vol III, Book 5; Part 67) said that the spherical nature of the heavens was an earlier discovery (pre-greek dark ages):

‘Of Hyperion we are told that he was the first to understand, by diligent attention and observation, the movement of both the sun and the moon and the other stars, and the seasons as well, in that they are caused by these bodies, and to make these facts known to others; and that for this reason he was called the father of these bodies, since he had begotten, so to speak, the speculation about them and their nature.’

Imagine standing on a fixed world at a latitude of 51 degrees (Salisbury, England):

In summer, the Sun's circle appears to rise towards the northern pole giving the long days of summer:

This worldview can be represented by the solar planes (23.5 degrees either side of the Equatorial line), together with the blackness of the sphere which appears to revolve around the polar axis:

Add stars, and our World can be described by this diagram:

Now compare this to Stonehenge:

A circle representing the World and its hinge drawn in stone: Stonehenge 

The poles or hinge of the World: Stonehenge's "Heelstone", its Avenue and its "Slaughter Stone" 
The sun's apparent orbital path: Stonehenge's "Station Stones" 
The stars marking the latitudes of our World: Stonehenge's "Aubrey Holes" 
The outer blackness: Stonehenge's inner facing circular bank

Diodorus Siculus tells us that a Geocentric model (world fixed with heavens revolving above) was discovered long before Roman records began. Stonehenge fits Diodorus's description. Its name fits Diodorus's description.

We also know that Northern Europeans often travelled to Britain in Neolithic Times.

Is it possible that the North of Europe knew the nature of the heavens thousands of years before Aristotle and Ptolemy?

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Origins of the Heavens' Hinge

The heavens' hinge idea originates from a new solar renewable energy concentration system which uses small fixed pieces of flat reflectors (including tin and copper plate). The maths of this are easier to understand using a geocentric worldview. This system has been prototyped and witnessed as working.

 

The structural support of one version of this idea appears to be duplicated at Stonehenge. This was discovered quite a while after the first patent application had been filed (no prior art was found during a UK patents office search). 

The extent of the similarities are:

• Dimensions: All dimensions (of Stonehenge) match the design requirements (using Cleal et al as a primary reference with other works providing supplemental material).
• Features: All recorded features (Phase 3b: eg inwardly facing circle, level top, height of trilithons) appear to be the same as the required design features of the system.
• Unpublished features: All required additional features of the model (such as features specific to Stone 54) do exist in the locations predicted (and required) by the mathematical model.
• External environment: Axis of Heelstone, Station Stones, and all other features found at Stonehenge appear to be an accurate, dimensionally consistent, explanation of the geocentric world description on which the system is based.
• Timeline: The dating record of features in the archaeological timeline (using Cleal et al) appears to be consistent with the method of development of such a system.

There appear to be no features at Stonehenge which do not fit the model (that is, there are no counter-indications). There appear to be no missing features.

The system creates a very bright light within, and just above, the structure. Revolving slowly around the polar axis, this system creates a local three dimensional mirror image of the sun's movement relative to a fixed world. One purpose of this could be to demonstrate the spherical nature of the heavens.

A similar system in operation:

 

* Tin was available in the Neolithic: Experiments (Detailed electron probe analysis of European bronzes) have suggested that "For the early bronze age, Northover has noted that tin bronzes were probably exclusively produced in Britain from South-Western cassiterite".

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