Bryn Celli Ddu
Jun 19, 2006
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Bryn Celli Ddu. Photo by AJ Bear.
An archaeologist has discovered that the passage into a burial mound on Anglesey was built to catch the rising sun on the summer solstice.Steve Burrow said he was “elated” when the sun filtered in through trees as he sat in the Bryn Celli Ddu chamber.
I thought this was known already, but it seems not everyone accepted Lockyear’s measurements. I’m surprised that it was thought the measurements were the problem. I would have expected it to be the that was the problem. I’ll blog on this tomorrow at Revise and Dissent and i-Science. Right now I’m testing Flock.
technorati tags:megaliths, flock, solstice, prehistoric
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