Stonehenge research paper

[Mountainheart]

Interesting research paper here:

Description: Stonehenge - An introduction to the concept of the Heavens’ Hinge By Jonathan Morris CEng FIStructE FICE This introduction shows the mathematics and engineering behind the storyline of The Broken Stone and the secret of the Heavens’ Henge. The images in the following text were produced using a three dimensional computer model which was found to replicate the stones at Stonehenge as they may have been when first constructed. Stonehenge’s plan layout is shown to be the same as an idealised geocentric description of the Universe. Its inner stone monument is demonstrated to be capable of producing a spectacular public display of solar movement. The arrangement of this system is shown to be based on a simple method of tracking celestial objects. The contention of this paper is that Stonehenge was both a depository of knowledge about the Universe and a place of learning designed for popular interest.

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/downloads/Stonehenge_and_heavenshinge.pdf

[Sciethe]

Thanks for posting this, extremely interesting. Currently working with my wife on the alignments at a previously undiscovered monument (sorry, can't say where yet), and the latest on Stonehenge is good comparative material, the 3D aspect is particularly useful.
Blessings,
Sciethe

[envisager]

There's a partial update here:

http://stone-hinge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/sample-of-stonehenge-solving-neolithic.html

Better illustrative graphics (though black and white in the pdf) hopefully make it a bit easier to understand. The full version also covers some monuments in East Sussex.

The technical detail also got featured in no-tech magazine (a site devoted to ideas that do not need modern technology)

http://www.notechmagazine.com/2012/11/engineering-exploration-stonehenge.html

Over here in Sussex, we've partially completed a working scale replica of the system. Should be fully working by the summer.

[envisager]

The demonstrator is now being constructed to show what this is about (and so people can see with their own eyes how it works)

http://heavenshenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-crystal-project.html

We thought that this might be suitable for a festival, but happy to be guided by any comment.

[Dathi]

I enjoyed reading this: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101086.Stonehenge
It was plausable enough for me.

That's a great project Envisager, thanks for sharing it.

[envisager]

That's a great project Envisager, thanks for sharing it.

Thanks Dathi. We're not sure whether or not to demonstrate it publicly or whether to do the whole thing on-site and record using time lapse photography together with real-time video. On-site is easier, particularly to get good shots, but maybe something like the Lamma festival could work really well.

On the one hand, if this could (even potentially) be part of the heritage of the Druids, then perhaps it should be done off-site (publicly) so that people can see what it is (seeing is believing and so far only a few journalists have seen it). If it is academic and perhaps more about the distant past before the Celtic influx, then perhaps that's different?

[envisager]

Here's the test rig:



It creates a 'daughter' of the Sun; the daughter rises on the cross formed by the system:



I've put a few more images here:

http://heavenshenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/clonehenge-stonehenge-and-prototype.html

If anyone's near Lewes/Eastbourne and is interested, we're running some tests over the coming weeks