Stonehenge: Neolithic Man and the Cosmos. John North

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LIST OF FIGURES

       Fig. 1 The directions of the rising and setting Sun at Stonehenge, around 2000 BC.

       Fig. 2 The absolute extreme directions of the rising and setting Moon at Stonehenge, around 2000 BC.

Fig. 3 Maps of Britain and Ireland (the main henges) and Southern Britain (principal prehistoric monuments discussed).

       Fig. 4 A star map for the year 3000 BC with the names of the brightest stars then visible from Wessex.

       Fig. 5 Earth-covered long barrows near Stonehenge.

       Fig. 6 Four different examples of taper in long barrows.

       Fig. 7 A general plan of the Fussell’s Lodge long barrow, drawn by P. J. Ashbee.

       Fig. 8 Details of the preceding figure.

       Fig. 9 The Fussell’s Lodge long barrow, viewed from the north.

       Fig. 10 A general plan of the long barrow at Wayland’s Smithy (after R. J. C. Atkinson).

       Fig. 11 The central area of Wayland’s Smithy, phase I.

       Fig. 12 Alternative ways of viewing at right angles.

       Fig. 13 The long barrow, Wayland’s Smithy II.

       Fig. 14 Lines of sight from the eastern ditch over the crossing in the burial chamber at Wayland’s Smithy.

       Fig. 15 Three potential solutions for the viewing of stars across the Wayland’s Smithy long mound.

       Fig. 16 The stone mortuary chamber of Wayland’s Smithy II.

       Fig. 17 The central area of the next figure.

       Fig. 18 A general view of the planning of the mortuary house and its ditches at Wayland’s Smithy.

       Fig. 19 A detail of the previous figure, showing the shape of the shallow pitched roof of the earliest mortuary house at Wayland’s Smithy.

       Fig. 20 Two possible forms of roof for the Fussell’s Lodge mortuary house.

       Fig. 21 Potential right angles in the forms of the barrows at Fussell’s Lodge and Wayland’s Smithy.

       Fig. 22 A cross-section of the ditches at Fussell’s Lodge.

       Fig. 23 Plan of the Horslip long barrow.

       Fig. 24 Sections of the ditches at the Horslip long barrow.

       Fig. 25 Sections of the West Kennet long barrow (as drawn by Stuart Piggott).

       Fig. 26 Outline plan of the West Kennet long barrow and ditches.

       Fig. 27 The five chambers at the eastern end of the West Kennet barrow, with surviving blocking stones in position.

       Fig. 28 The West Kennet chambers with blocking stones removed.

       Fig. 29 Construction lines abstracted from the previous figure, defined by the faces of stones.

       Fig. 30 Suggested profile of the original West Kennet long barrow, looking across it from the south.

       Fig. 31 Section of the northern ditch of the West Kennet Long Barrow.

       Fig. 32 Years at which the two stars Sirius and Arcturus could have been seen at right angles to the various sections of the West Kennet barrow, plotted against altitude.

       Fig. 33 A supplement to Fig. 32, with the graphs for Rigel and Vega.

Fig. 34 The internal structure of Silbury Hill.

       Fig. 35 The overall structure of the Beckhampton Road long barrow, as indicated by the ditches, the approximate edges of the mound, and selected rows of stake holes.

       Fig. 36 The overall plan of the South Street barrow.

       Fig. 37 The dating of the South Street barrow, with graphs for Sirius, Vega, Regulus and Bellatrix.

       Fig. 38 Important sections of the ditches at barrows 1 and 2 at Giants’ Hills, Skendleby.

       Fig. 39 Outline of the Skendleby 1 long barrow.

       Fig. 40 Outline of the Skendleby 2 long barrow.

       Fig. 41 Plan of the area around the façade of the Skendleby 2 long barrow.

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