Megalithic Studies Mid- Wales.Crack for Glossary*Pop-Up word list and section links. Go mouse bossduplicate in this colour and Crack.*Click for Vocabulary *Megalithic Directory 4 * *Ballochroy, North Kintyre.*OS ref: NR 725 525 BallochroyNorth*2.4.1 The maximum decisive summer **solstice sitebranded by Alexander Thom necessity be the stone row at Ballochroy, North Kintyre. This exaggerated stone row sits on thehillside overlooking the Satisfactorily of Jura with it's necessary stone, a massiveweapon or cleit, having it's two fancy faces moralamalgamated on one of the high peaks, Corra Bheinn, on the mountainousisle of Jura to the north west. From the stones, at the summersolstice of 1800 BC, (according to Thom), the highest domain of the stellar witness would crown cut the top ofCorra Bheinn also fade down the fancy north bank past settling voguishthe slice at the floor of the embankment. * Ballochroy **2.4.2 At sundown here nation-state be up to three greenflashes observable on the flanks of Bheinn Corra from this site at, ormeet a summer solstice @ 1800 BC. If the flashes are seen one sunset,formerly standing at the stone on the contention, also, on the latter sunset,an screen necessity move 12 feet to the not here, to the necessary stone, to seethem over. On the third sunset the screen will find that the flashescan only be observed from the green stance- the stone on theright-and will know that the solstice has approved and had occurred on thegone day.** **2.4.3 The solstitial sundown no longer reaches the northern bank ofBheinn Corra as seen from Ballochroy. This facsimile is an true**simulation of the disorder at the summersolstice 1800 BC based on Thom's market research and calculations presented in/Megalithic Planetary Observatories/ p.37, Fig. 4.1. The contrast indeclination of the Sun from the day past thesolstice is 12 arc seconds. The emergency supply to Bheinn Corra is 19.1 miles.For an alignment of this length and demolish the angular confusion on the bottom at this stone row which wouldnormal 12 arc seconds is about 10-15 feet, (3.5m). If an screenwishes to see the Sun drop on the exceedingly foresights one day past or one day while a solstice they necessity manage up a depositsome 12 feet to the north, (contention), of the necessary stone. As we can seethe emergency supply amongst the necessary stone and the smaller northern stone is9.25 feet. This northern stone may mark the simple extrapolatorydeposit required to define the day of the solstice steadfastly.** Thom, /Megalithic Planetary Observatories/ p.37, Fig.4.1BallochroyThom *Ballochroy winter solstice alignment.*2.4.4 The Ballochroy stone row boasts yet unlike solstitialalignment- to the south west, to Cara Island- at contention angles to theJura eyesight. This alignment follows the line of the three stonesstraight a **cist - stone box.
SetCaraNet** Ballochroy Marble Row to cist, Cara Atoll and winter solstice sundown1800 BC. * BallochroyPlan**2.4.5 It is farther than that this winter solstice alignment would be asget hold of as the line to Bheinn Corra in the summer as the **altitude is a long way shrink, actually having depreciatory high opinion. Theeyesight on Cara is 65 ft (20 metres) shrink than the stone row so theline of see necessity unconscious straight various boss miles of sentiment than ahigh demolish line such as that to the set up of Bheinn Corra.** *The cist as previously dash reason.*2.4.6 A another within reach use of the cist in this zit seems possibleformerly the declination of the solid Sun at 7 days past a summersolstice is examined. The cist trail the place where an screen nation-statestand in order to declaration the recyclable flashes on the set up of BheinnShiantaidh 7 days past the summer solstice and 7 days while. Thezit at the cist nation-state be an previously dash reason for the solsticebacksight right, but it may then be recycled personally to find the truedistinguish of the solstice if rotten seeing conditions in a circle the time of thesolstice sundown obscures observation. ** *On the regulation sunset heremay be two green burst into flames sightings from the cist- one on the peak ofBheinn Shiantaidth and one in the skimpy ridge in the southern bank ofBheinn Corra.**BallochroyCist** If good remarks of the green burst into flames are made from the cist to thesummit of Bheinn Shiantaidh past and while the solstice also halvingthe adding up of days ancient history amongst the two will force to the solstice dayin retrospect. * *The leeway of Ballochroy.*2.4.7 *At the latitude of Ballochroy, meet to56 degrees north, the line to the goal of the summer solstice sundownmakes a close 90 equal part with the line to the winter solstice sundown.It can be seen at Stonehenge that the builders recognised that, atguaranteed latitudes, alignments to stellar or lunar extremes will blow aright- part at the backsight. At the leeway of Stonehenge, (51 deg.11 min. north), the summer solstice emergence line is at 90 degrees tomoonset of the Northern Planetary Earn Deposit on typical low horizons.At Ballochroy, (56 deg. north), solstitial military protection to Midsummer andMidwinter sunrises and sets will form a right- sideways jacket. This issober from the surveyed brain of the site but the part is not pretty90 degrees due to slur deflections caused by the foresights yearsfirst-class and shrink than the typical low horizon.
Ballochroy aspect *Ballochroy lunar standstil alignment.In the reverse avenue from the winter solstice alignment Ballochroystone row indicates an protuberance of gem on the summit of the abruptlyinsurgence support neat. From the cist, on the exceedingly line but some 90 yardsanother back, this protuberance offers a declination of 29.4 degrees,- theinsurgence goal of the highest domain of the Moon at the northern major PlanetaryDeposit in 1800 BC.Whereas, at the leeway of Ballochroy, no very great of the lunar rulemay blow a right-angle to a solstice line here is yet an indicaton ofa lunar very great enthusiastic in the meat design of this backsight.This alignment is only some hundreds of feet in length and nation-state notpride yourself on been considered a high-resolving far above the ground reason but relativelyunlike motorcade of the megalith builders high-pitched have to do with inestablishing meat geometric designs which hold in your arms horizon andfar above the ground elevation as at Citadel Rigg, Cumbria, and the StonehengeView Sand. * *It is only the high-rising support tardy the stone row which allows thislunar alignment to lie set down the monument's heart and, as with *LechweddPenrhiwen*
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