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A Neolithic Universe (project)
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An informal (unfunded) project looking at whether some Neolithic monuments are the remains of past inquiry into the nature of the world and the Universe.
http://www.aneolithicuniverse.co.uk
(formerly @aneolithicuni: archived and locked twitter account)
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Support post position becoming interesting. Apparently there is a singular huge pit at the centre of Stonehenge.
Will research for next edition of "A Neolithic Universe" (there are about 48 similar items queued for adding as additional evidence).
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Picture of Stonehenge with a Geocentric Orrery mechanism installed. The red arrow shows a potential location for the support prop. Recently it's been brought up that there's a huge pit in this location (see Brian John's blog for details). Another one for the 'this must exist if this happened' file). Search for "A Neolithic Universe" (the book) if detailed explanation wanted.
March 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Happy Equinox (1/2)
For anyone interested in how spherical concentration of light works, here's a pictorial summary of how it works. The Alt Text is useful for additional notes.
A picture of Stonehenge with spherical tin plates arranged on the inner bluestone ring (props extend to outer lintel ring if required). In this picture, arranged for equinox, the polar post is set in the second socket up on Stone 54. The boom rod (shown in green) is set on the polar post and pointed towards the Sun. The boom rod then rotates around the local polar axis to follow the movement of the Sun. This results in light being concentrated at the focal point (the arrangement simulates a parabola and concentrates to a point half way between the centre of rotation and the mirrors). Computer generated idealised model showing how each socket must be arranged to carry the polar post (bottom: winter, half way up: equinox and top: summer) Stones 53 (left) and 54 (right) showing apparent sockets on Stone 54. These are set directly south of the centre of the monument Prototype arrangement showing how this looks in practice. Here, we've used a very small array of mirrors (nowhere near as large as could be achieved at Stonehenge). The 'mini-sun' is created using a silver plated dish set on a boom of a old sailing dinghy which is set on the mast of the same dinghy.
March 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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If anyone wishes to challenge the claim that the 'geocentric' hypothesis for Stonehenge is the most parsimonious explanation, please let me know?
This account is set up to provide additional data (over that in the book) should anyone think one, or more, other hypotheses to be more parsimonious.
Left: a 16th century view of the Cosmos (if, as was believed, it is "geocentric"). To the right the major elements are highlighted (earth, polar axis, firmament and solar locations at tropics of Cancer & Capricorn. It looks from west to the east over the top of a fixed world. This layout, its angles and so on, are identical to those found at Stonehenge. Stonehenge's internal structure can also be used to create a simple form of Orrery: a device that shows, in three dimensions, how the heavens turn. This form of Orrery is based on a 'fixed world' point of view rather than modern Orreries which show planets rotating around the Sun. More more detail can be found in the project book: "A Neolithic Universe", where every aspect of this monument (even down to the location of individual carvings) is shown to be consistent with this explanation.
November 28, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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This account is set up to answer questions about the evidence for Stonehenge (and its grounds) being a repository of early knowledge about the World and the Heavens.
(More detail in Alt Text)
Left: a 16th century view of the Cosmos (if, as was believed, it is "geocentric"). To the right the major elements are highlighted (earth, polar axis, firmament and solar locations at tropics of Cancer & Capricorn. It looks from west to the east over the top of a fixed world. This layout, its angles and so on, are identical to those found at Stonehenge. Stonehenge's internal structure can also be used to create a simple form of Orrery: a device that shows, in three dimensions, how the heavens turn. This form of Orrery is based on a 'fixed world' point of view rather than modern Orreries which show planets rotating around the Sun. More more detail can be found in the project book: "A Neolithic Universe", where every aspect of this monument (even down to the location of individual carvings) is shown to be consistent with this explanation.
November 20, 2024 at 8:30 AM
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Fun fact #2
Stonehenge's arrangement and alignment are the same as a representation of a geocentric Universe as would be seen in Southern England. Sketch on left below uses 16th century images of same thing. Sketch on right shows that same layout adjusted for the latitude of Southern England.
16th Century woodcut showing world A representation of a geocentric Universe setting the polar axis to that seen at the latitude of Southern England
August 8, 2024 at 9:18 AM
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Fun fact:
There are 30 outer, and 5 sets of 2 inner, sarsen uprights.
30x2 average human feet (~0.263m) is the approximate radius of Stonehenge (outside face of lintels).
Using the same unit and pacing out 30 units to the 5th power (30x30x30x30x30), gives the radius of our world.
An early picture of Stonehenge as it was imagined to have stood 4,500 years ago
August 6, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Summary of the "A Neolithic Universe" project:
The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by:
1) a fear of a change in climate and;
2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos
A spherical concentrator disc (left) reflecting light from the sun (right). Photo is as seen and is not edited. Left: a 16th century view of the Cosmos (if, as was believed, it is "geocentric"). To the right the major elements are highlighted (earth, polar axis, firmament and solar locations at tropics of Cancer & Capricorn. It looks from west to the east over the top of a fixed world. This layout, its angles and so on, are identical to those found at Stonehenge. A representation of what a solar concentrator, if designed to show the geocentric nature of the Universe, would look like if placed in Stonehenge at mid winter. (trail shows the movement path over an afternoon) The actual layout of Stonehenge with East at top (rather than North as typically used in today's plan layout convention).
October 5, 2023 at 1:32 PM