The Old Straight Track by Alfred Watkins

Author:Alfred Watkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781781856635
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 2014-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

FIG. 101. SACRIFICIAL STONE, ALIGNING WITH GIANT’S CAVE ABOVE IT.

FIG. 102. GIANT’S CAVE ON RIDGE OF MALVERN HILLS

FIG. 103. HOLME LACY CHURCH, ON AND ORIENTED TO ABOVE LEY, HERE CROSSING THE WYE AT MILL FARM

It should be noted that the mark-points I am about to give are exactly of the type which would be evidence of leys (or tracks) through them, even if no Stonehenge existed.

Alignments through Stonehenge, starting from northern ends:

FIG. 104

A. Winterbourne Camp, Tumuli on Inkpen Beacon, Bacon (formerly beacon) Farm, Shear’s Inn (cross-roads), Sidbury Camp (S. E. edge), The Avenue, Friar’s Heel Stone and Slaughter Stone at Stonehenge, large barrow at a quarter of a mile, and small barrow at three-quarters of a mile from Stonehenge centre, Stapleford Churchyard, south-east edge of Grovelly Castle, south-east edge of Castle Ditches, and across Dorsetshire through Cerne Abbas to Puncknowle Beacon, a 434 feet hill on the coast. This is the Midsummer Day sunrise alignment.

B. Tinhead Hill (over 700 feet), Tilshead Lodge, three small barrows (in alignment) one and a quarter miles from centre, a large barrow three-quarters of a mile from centre, the centre of Stonehenge, also exactly through the ‘two smaller untrimmed sarsen stones lying near the vallum’ (Lockyer’s ‘Stonehenge,’ p. 88), a tumulus half a mile from centre, and earth-works near Stockport and on Idmiston Down. This is a May sunset or November sunrise alignment.

C. Not indicated by Lockyer, and not based on sighting stones within Stonehenge, but the result of a trial for the equinoxial sunrise alignment. It is about 1º N. of true E. Its main points are (from west) Shear Cross, Cross-road at Sutton Veny (then, near Stonehenge) barrow or circle one and three-quarter miles from centre, barrow one and a quarter miles from centre, Stonehenge, barrow (centre of the ‘Seven Barrows’) three quarters of a mile from centre, Ann’s Farm, a mile of present road near Cholderton, and south edge of Quarley Camp.

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