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Description: A guide the megalithic monuments of Scotland and their astronomical alignments. Also contains illustrations, a bibliography and suggestions for the best times of year to visit.
Stones of Wonder - Scottish standing stones, stone circles and cairns Prehistoric Observatories in Scotland Stones of Wonder is a Web guidebook to prehistoric monuments in Scotland (dating to the Neolithic or the Bronze Age) which have orientations to the sun, moon or stars. It gives the background to the archaeology of the sites, to archaeoastronomy and to the previous work which has been done. The main part of the guidebook is a listing of the monuments which can be visited, and the best time of year to see them and observe for yourself the sunrises, sunsets, moon rises and moon sets. The work is based on original surveys, of which full details are given.
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| Page title: | Stones of Wonder - Scottish standing stones, stone circles and cairns |
| Keywords: | standing stones, stone circles, archaeoastronomy, archeoastronomy, prehistoric, megalith, megaliths, ancient, astronomy, Callanish, Scotland, Scottish, Scots, astroarcheology, astroarchaeology, astro-archeology, astro-archaeology, ancient Scotland, cairn, cairns, megalithic, stone age, neolithic, bronze age, Stones of Wonder, Alexander Thom, Scottish archaeology, Brodgar, Brogar, Machrie Moor, Kintraw, Ballochroy, Kilmartin, alignments,ley lines,Stonehenge |
| Description: | Stones of Wonder is a unique guide to the astronomical alignments built into the ancient standing stones, stone circles and cairns of Scotland. All the sites are illustrated, and the guide includes suggestions for the best times of year to visit. |
| IP-address: | 184.172.55.155 |
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| Date | Creation Date: 04-oct-2002 Expiration Date: 04-oct-2014 |