jbor

But there is evidence that the sarsen Circle was complete, Shows that there may have been an intention to build it out?

jbor , when a person stands at the centre of the henge looking towards the midsummer sunrise position , are there two alignment events separated by 47 degrees on their left and also two alignment events separated by 47 degrees on their right ? I have no idea! Stonehenge points to the North-East, about 50 degrees from North. It roughly, but not exactly, lines up with the summer Solstice rise and also, by coincidence, with the Winter Solstice set. Why 47 degrees? Is that the angle of the Avenue? (I know that the Avenue alignment is slightly different to the monument)

Do you have some reference for the existence of mirrors in Britain back then? This isn't my usual period for reading about, so some more background info would be appreciated. No, and I think that this may well be the flaw! The only evidence for mirrors back in those days appears to be in places other than Britain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror#History I suppose that you could argue that mirrors might have existed. But without evidence, it becomes pure conjecture? I've actually just had a nasty thought. In the vids the mirrors are used to light a ball. What if a cult of Sun worshippers used it to light a gibbet instead? Since it would be above the cicle, the watching crowd would get to see the heretic/criminal burned to death by the power of the holy Sun. A grusome form of public execution is just the sort of thing that a society would put effort into in favour of their God. That's a thought. Seems a lot of effort just to burn a few crims though? And why send them up? Wouldn't it be better to turn it round the other way so that they went down to hell?

The concept seems a great waste of time and effort for little gain. Societies back then would build monuments for a long term purpose, even the mounds, but there had to be a reason. Tracking the sun doesn't seem to me to reason enough for all the work. That's a good point. The reasons I've seen posted as possible uses are proof of concept of the heavens (in which case the Neolliths were basically technology nerds) and high grade metal purification in very small quantities and.. I've forgotten what else, but there was something else. A problem with the theory is the idea of "mirrors". AFAIK C14 puts the construction of Stonehenge at starting around 3,000 BCE. The earliest mirrors we know of are made of polished bronze and bronze wasn't in use until after 2,000 BCE. Seems odd to be building something that won't work for 1,000 years until mirrors are invented. Aye. But the problem with the argument is that mirrors have been found dating back to about 6000BC, and copper mirror-like disks to 5000BC, so tin mirrors in a tin rich area doesn't seem impossible. However, the theory become elusively crafty at this point because pure tin does not survive for the archaeological record in cold climates because of tin pest (whereas bronze does survive). So it can't be proven one way or the other.

Stonehenge is aligned to the summer solstice sunrise ( probably amongst many other objects of the heavens ) . Is it designed to be in alignment ? There's two ways of looking at that: Most experts seem to think it's aligned to the Winter Solstice rather than Summer: There is evidence that the majority of larger feasts (usually pork from memory) were held in the Winter. But Stonehenge isn't strictly aligned to either (it's a little out rotationally). The alignment of Stonehenge also fits with the original thread: There's a new video up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2YXOsdsR4I Where's the error in this reasoning? It's got to be something dead obvious.

As for the ether goes, refer him to the Michelson Morley experiment. You're being bated with rubbish. Creationism: It is possible because it's not impossible. Might be worth asking why he thinks God would chose to leave so much false scientific misinformation about the age of the Universe: Does he believe that God is mischievous and only capable of generating Universes over a short time-scale?

Agreed. My apologies, I may have misinterpreted the theory in my original post: The idea of religion v science isn't actually mentioned in the video or on the archaeological referral site showing the detail. Any thoughts on what test would be used to show that the theory doesn't hold water?

Did this person make his machine to specifically fit Stonehenge ? No, that's not the background (see links if of interest). If the people of Stonehenge published it first, then he couldn't patent the rest of the follow-on inventions in the USA (it's already patented); So the videos being trashed (for not being connected to Stonehenge) may not be something that he's too worried about.

True; The optimum must be North-South. Is it reasonable to say that, because north-south is a better technical arrangement, another version would not, logically, have been built?

Thanks. In laymans's language, what is the simplest argument to refute the coincidences that are shown? There's no apparent evidence that it ever was built as a complete a circle: The section to the South West (at the back of the Great Trilithon) is generally assumed to have existed. It is a good logical assumption though: http://en.wikipedia....:Stone_Plan.jpg

This link (an archaeological based site): http://www.eternalidol.com/?p=9655 gives some more background

Is it possible that Stonehenge is not religious and was about the physics of the heavens? Playlist: http://www.youtube.c...C6D8494EA2D8249 (all of the playlist takes about 10 minutes but skim through the recaps at the start.. makes it much quicker.) And quick version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ZWEhu1e84 What do you make of this new theory (published a few days ago as a non-fiction appendix to a novel)

Sorry, I think I posted in wrong place: Don't know how to delete.. put in "speculations" instead, just in case: Original post: Is it possible that Stonehenge is not religious and was about the physics of the heavens? Playlist: http://www.youtube.c...C6D8494EA2D8249 (all of the playlist takes about 10 minutes but skim through the recaps at the start.. makes it much quicker.) And quick version here: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=nPNfpWGLnfM What do you make of this new theory (published a few days ago as a non-fiction appendix to a novel)