Posted: Jun 22, 2014 9:33 am
Actually, it appears that this wasn't its function, that it actually had more to do with funerary rites, with Woodhenge, the river Avon and the Avenue all linked & part of a massive ritual landscape. And there are clear alignments to the summer solstice.Weaver wrote:However, the site is most likely designed for observation of the mid-winter solstice (it is highly important for primitive societies to know when the Sun is going to "turn back North", much less so than it is to know when mid-summer is.
A feature of a minority of those attendingAdd in wearing modern-ish robes and carrying utterly fanciful swords ...