tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787185370858787658.post4506276280455884511..comments2024-01-30T06:35:10.103+00:00Comments on www.Sarsen.org: The Heel Stone and the HorizonTim Dawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667360714222841797noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787185370858787658.post-57895661860142029992014-03-25T07:58:37.565+00:002014-03-25T07:58:37.565+00:00That's probably the best explanation to date o...That's probably the best explanation to date on why the Heel Stone was re-positioned (tilted) from its original upright seating, by the druids, when the site was adapted to solar worship.<br /><br />RJLBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16886732338349957214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787185370858787658.post-392775496883537192014-03-24T10:08:02.105+00:002014-03-24T10:08:02.105+00:00Flinder Petrie's comments are useful but incom...Flinder Petrie's comments are useful but incomplete. Tim's comments and photos are useful but also miss the real point (sorry---pun intended). If the real intention of the planning of these aligned stones was as suggested by Petrie, only one or two men standing in the critical position at the focus of Stonehenge would ever see the sun and Heel Stone just right. By contrast, I have a report from an observer who was INSIDE at the Altar Stone on MS morning on a clear-sky sunrise many years ago, and he saw that the shadow cast by the Heel Stone came through the 30/01 arch and reached to where the Altar Stone is. That is to say, on such a morning there could have been hundreds of spectators watching from beyond the circular ditch and bank who actually saw the phallic shadow of the Heel Stone penetrate the medial vulvar arch formed by Stones 30 and 1. I have been invited by the committee to give a lecture on this at the World Conference on Archaeology (UISPP) in Spain this September (1st to 7th) with added proof from other monuments. I am running a session there called "Standing Stones and Megalithic Monuments in Context". I welcome offers of lecture contributions additional to those already proposed and accepted. Check the UISPP web site and their Facebook pages. My address is terencemeaden01@gmail.comTerence Meadenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813784055786779112noreply@blogger.com