O.S. Pathfinder 420 NT26/36 Penicuik Dalkeith 1:25,000

I came across this relatively clean copy, but showing some wear and tear, with added coffee or wine stain at the bottom.

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The same with a few labels:



G Galachlaw
M Mavisbank earthmound
MoW The Meeting of the Waters/Lady's Seat
NA Newbattle Abbey
NC Newtongrange Church
RC Rosslyn Chapel
Sh Shewington

horse and rider map: O.S. 1:25,000

Well, a week ago I couldn't get a connection between my digital camera and the computer. I checked the USB lead at both ends, but it didn't connect with the computer. Tonight nothing different, but the usual window appeared with Picasa as an option for downloading with!? I put in the main pentagonal lines which cover this map, and the blue line from Allermuir Hill to Camp Ridge, which includes both Mavisbank earthmound and Newtongrange Church. I'll cover the unfolding geometry on this line with Mavisbank as centre later!

This is the original map which I had pasted onto a board with the surrounding maps, giving me the main area of my work. A closer look will show my working lines, with many highlighted spots. It was whilst gazing at this one dispirited night, back in 1999 and asking despairingly what it was all about that it appeared to my minds eye, it was like in bas relief, the image came out of the flat surface and was so obvious, how come I had never seen it previously. Well, my best guess is, the act of sitting back gave me a detached view, and at a suitable scale, and the frame of mind was probably a contributing factor. Stunned and shocked as I was, on inspection it was astonishing, but not entirely surprising that the features were actual landscape structures, made up of estate boundary walls, with specific points of the feature marked by farms, churches, castles and even housing developments, which in effect follow the lines of the fields upon which they are situated. For example, the horses ears, are delineated by the estate of Woodburn, with the space between them taken up by a school, the playing field/playground left white, with buildings/houses in black.

I eventually coloured the feature in, mostly green for outline and any woodland incorporated. I also sketchily filled in with yellow highlighter which I think can be seen. The whole looks a bit unnaturally coloured, due to me having put a coat of clear varnish onto it when I first mounted it, to keep it clean. In retrospect that was a mistake, but not major.





Labels:

Al - Allermuir Hill
Au - Auchendinny
Car - Carberry; Tower and Hill(Queen Mary's Mount, and ancient fort)
CR - Camp Ridge(earthworks)
DHC - Dalkeith House, site of old Castle. The boundary wall forms the helmeted rider's head. Originally Douglas land, then the Buccleughs. One of whom as Earl of Dalkeith was first Grandmaster of Grand Lodge back in the 18th century.
Ea - Easthouses, village where I spent my childhood
G - Galachlaw, centre of pentagonal system.
Gl - Glencorse Old Kirk
L(SH) - The Sun Hotel, at Lothianburn. At horses chin, part of the Newbattle Boundary. The Sun was a Kerr Family symbol.
LD(SF) - Langhill Farm, Dryden Tower, and Shinbanes Field, supposedly where bones are unearthed from the Battle of Roslin. The Researh Centre responsible for Dolly The Sheep is also here. The rider's knee, along with Nivensknowe.
LK - Lasswade Kirk.
KC - Kirkton Cottage, at corner of small inner pentagon.
KG - Kings Gate, near Sherrifhall, part of Dalkeith estate wall, rider's neck.
MC - Melville Castle.
ME - Mavisbank earthmound, at back of Mavisbank House, built by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik.
MoW - The Meeting of the Waters, the riders brow, where the two Esk rivers meet. The area inside the confluence is called Lady's Seat.
NA - Newbattle Abbey, the eye of the Horse. Cistercian Abbey originally, at Reformation became the personal property of the last Abbot, a Kerr, who became Earl of Lothian. Newtongrange village including the Church was part of Lothian Estates. The Sauniere Society hold their Scottish Symposia there, and is now an Adult Residential College, where I spent an academic year back in 1995/6.
NC - Newtongrange Church.
NK - Nivensknowe, where the rider's knee bends.
P - Penicuik, Sir John Clerk's estate is just to the south, but off this map section.
RC - Rosslyn Chapel, at rider's calf, and among other things a corner of the small inner pentagon.
Sh - Shewington, farm on a ridge, a corner of original pentagon.
ST - Shank Tongue. In Shank estate, where John Reid, the gardener who wrote the first book for Scottish Gardener's in 1683, who was insistent that in Scotland, land is measured by the Ell, 37 inches. His employer at Shank was Sir George Mackenzie(known as 'the bluidy', due to his treatment of the Covenanter's).
StMF - St Margaret's Farm, where the rider's elbow bends.
Td - Todhills Farm near Danderhall, a corner of small inner pentagon.
W - Woodburn, the horses ears/mane.

horse and rider grid additional graphic

Trawling through my Picasa images, I found this:




A sketch of the landscape showing the river Esk continuing to the Forth at Musselburgh.

There is a lot of established geometry, and also some speculative stuff, which I haven't verified yet.

The horse and rider are shaded green, and I have left an area clear, as at the time I was unsure whether there was an additional feature still to be recognized. There was discussion about what else might be there, different people were asking if I could see this or that. One suggestion was two riders, a Templar symbol, and the area I have left perhaps owes something to this idea, but I am not convinced and it was a few years back. Just one of those threads which got laid aside, one of many!

Yesterday I took a photo of a map I have with the feature drawn in. Unfortunately, I can't get the camera to connect to the computer to download, for some reason. I'll get bak to it soon!

ps: If your eyes start to spin, welcome to the club!

horse and rider grid 'enhanced' graphic

So, this is a photoshop enhanced graphic, on the hand-drawn original as shown in the previous post. The penta system is in purple, the grid in green. There is one yellow line representing the orientation of the Mavisbank hexagonal system, with Newtongrange Church defining the radius. The rest of the hexagon is omitted, for now.

There are a few light blue lines, which link some features and points of interest, including line of sight points, which would have aided in setting out and surveying.

The horse and rider feature is sketched in on the original, and I have left this be, as that is as artistic as I wish to get, for now.



This has labels attached, and constitute the main points, necessary for defining the geometry and notable features of the figure.

Key points:

A; Allermuir Hill
AS; Arthurs Seat
B; Borthwick Churh
BH; Black Hill
C; Carberry Tower/Queen Margaret's Mount
CK; Currie Kirk
CR; Camp Ridge
G; Galachlaw
L; Leith
M; Mavisbank Earthmound
May; Maybury/Gogar
MH; Mauldslie Hill
MOW; Meeting of the Waters in Dalkeith Park
NA; Newbattle Abbey
NC; Newtongrange Church
P; Penicuik, Sir John Clerk's Estate and House touches this point, and lies to the south.
PUC; Preston Cross(with unicorn on top)
RC; Roslin Chapel
S; Shewington Farm
St.MC; St. Mary's Chapel/Mount Lothian
St.MF; St. Margaret's Toll Farm
TH; Todhills Farm
T; Temple Kirk

First. The sale of the figure is defined by the side of the pentagon(MOW - S) plus an 18 degree segment which is 1.30902 times 6.0678 miles which equals 7.943 miles, which is just short of 8 miles.

Second. The central axis of the figure is defined by this same penta side, and is 31+/- degrees to O.S.grid, the Roseline shown, and true north.

horse and rider contd

I found a graphic in my pictures which is the best I have at present. Hand drawn, and not labelled yet. In fact, a set of three and I will work on them soon.


Original penta system.



The grid for the system, but the Mavisbank hex system not included.


A rough drawing of the horse and rider in its grid, with the two rivers Esk shown.

Horse and Rider grid

It is time , actually way beyond time, that I turn again to this topic. It is ten years since it made itself known, one night when I was at a low ebb, wondering what it was I had found with all the geometry. It has certainly defined my life situation, and instigated my contact with Bill Buehler which certainly has defined my work since.

Introducing this topic, I wish to emphasize the geometric grid which defines the 'possible' 'plausible' 'quite convincing' construct of the feature which 'appeared' back in 1999.

This grid system follows naturally from the original penta-system centred on Galachlaw and the hexa-system centred on Mavisbank earthmound which has the same radius as that found by Henry Lincoln round Rennes Le Chateau, and which equates to 5000 Scottish ells as defined by John Reid, a gardener, and author of The Scots Gardner, 1683. The main features of the construct, The heads of both horse and rider are defined by the boundary walls of Newbattle Abbey and Dalkeith estate respectively.

21st January, 2010

Well, A guid new year to all, if somewhat belated. I do believe, have been led to assume, some sort of process is 'directing' me at times, and have come to accept that sometimes trying to do this stuff is akin to knocking one's head against a brick wall, it just ain't going to happen till its 'ok' /'time'!

This topic is one instance, the image/feature appeared in a flash of 'revelation' over ten years ago, September 1999, as mentioned previously. I worked on the feature and its defining geometry, explored the landscape, and so on, till in March 2003, when I took advantage of the opportunity to drive Bill Buehler and his wife Joan around the area on a beautiful sunny spring day.

I took Bill to 'The Meeting Of The Waters, where the two Rivers Esk meet in Dalkeith Estate, which is the brow of the riders head, and the first corner found of the original pentagon. (Joan had hurt her ankle and stayed behind in the restaurant as it involved a walk of a good mile and back)

I also showed them the stretch of wall which is part of the horses head, and which was part of my childhood world at Easthouses, then I drove round to Newbattle Abbey itself, which is the eye of the horse, and where I spent a year as a student at the Residential College there in 1995/6. The Sauniere Society have held their Scottish Symposia there since the late nineties.

I was particularly kean to show these points to Bill as he had picked up on my referencing this feature in a discussion group back in late 1999, and had stressed its significance in the unfolding drama, namely the Assencion, the appearance/revelation/development of the Earth grids over the whole planet being an integral part. Mind blowing, it all certainly was!

Soon after, May 2003, I was attempting to write it all up, my own personal life associations with the area, and nostalgic meanderings, when reports of a particularly gruesome murder came over the radio, in an area of the Newbattle boundary wall, which I knew well. I stopped writing at that instant with the comment, with full irony intended, 'Nostalgia ain't what it used to be!' I felt more than a trifle spooked!

Also, my intention was not to let the horse and rider feature become something sensationalised and ridiculed like the Glastonbury zodiac. I wanted to emphasize the geometry that defines it, and be able to show how simple it would in fact have been to create, given a degree of coordination between the main players, the land owners, at a particular time in the past.

So I intentionally showed first all the main geometric systems, their extent, complexity, and even more astonishing, their degree of accuracy, and links to the other two main areas of proven geometry, Rennes Le Chateau and Bornholm, even the units involved are common.

So, some 1.5 years later, I am slowly getting round to it again. Even the graphic above has been a story of stupid oversight on my part. The image wouldn't upload, and I couldn't think what had changed. I gave up, and only returned to it today, when again it wouldn't upload. Till, that is, I noticed a check box, for the query, 'do I accept these new terms?' Doh! Weeks lost again! But, then again, who or what is in charge of this process? Cos, it sure don't feel like I am! And, why make me feel like a goddam fool, so often!? Eh?

Calculations for Eildon - Forth Road Bridge line

The O.S. grid references for the chosen points:

NT 550 325 Eildon(point midway between two largest hills)
NT 315 587 Temple Kirk
NT 275 630 Rosslyn Chapel
NT 245 662 Hillend Fort
NT 239 668 Cross 'T'- Wood
NT 144 775 Dalmeny Kirk
NT 125 796 Forth Road Bridge(mid-point)

Transposed form, and fine-tuned to the metre:

3550.32 6325.24 Eildon
3315.24 6587.30 Temple Kirk
3275.05 6630.66 Rosslyn Chapel
3245.24 6662.06 Hillend Fort
3239.84 6668.10 T-Wood
3144.44 6775.08 Dalmeny Kirk
3125.40 6796.35 Forth Road Bridge


The Eildon from the south-east

Calculation of orientation and distance:

1) Dalmeny - Eildon

3144.44 6775.08 Dalmeny
3550.32 6325.24 Eildon
---------- ----------
0405.88(x) 0449.84(y)
---------- ----------

By Pythagoras' Theorem(sq.rt(x^2 + y^2)):

605.88 km*100 = 60,588 metres

(60,588*3.2808)/5280 = 37.65 miles(E); times (16.5/18.5)= 33.58 miles(S)

angle of orientation:

(x/y); tangent-1;

405.88/449.84 = 0.9022764= tangent 42.06 degrees.

2) Forth Road Bridge - Eildon

3125.40 6796.35 Forth Road Bridge
3550.32 6325.24 Eildon
---------- ----------
0424.92 0471.11
---------- ----------

By Pyhtag;

63,443 metres = 39.42 miles(E); 35.16 miles(S)

angle;

42.05 degrees

3) Rosslyn Chapel - Eildon


Rosslyn Chapel, circa 1995, pre-canopy

3275.05 6630.66 Rosslyn Chapel
3550.32 6325.24 Eildon
---------- ----------
0275.27 0305.42
---------- ----------

By Pythagoras;

41,116 metres = 25.55 miles(E); 22.79 miles(S)

angle;

42.03 degrees

For the moment, what needs to be seen is that using the mid-point of the two main Eildon summits, Rosslyn Chapel, Dalmeny Kirk and the exact mid-point of the Forth Road Bridge are in a direct line line, to within 0.03 degrees, over a distance of 39.42 miles(E). Excluding the Forth Road Bridge, which is 'surely' coincidental, Dalmeny Kirk and Rosslyn Chapel are within 0.01 degrees, over 37.65 miles(E). 0.01 degrees is, using the visual reference of a clock-face-minute(cfm)(6 degrees), 1/600th of one c.f.m., or 35 feet.

If the two main summits of Eildon are used as a 'gate', then the other points listed are contained within using Dalmeny Kirk as reference:

3144.44 6775.08 Dalmeny Kirk
3554.33 6329.10 Eildon (Ring Fort)
---------- ----------
0409.89 0445.98
---------- ----------

By Pythag. theorem: 60,573 metres = 37.64 miles(E); 33.57 miles(S)

angle of orientation: 42.59 degrees


Dalmeny Kirk

3144.44 6775.08 Dalmeny Kirk
3548.19 6323.03 Eildon (O.S. trig. cairn)
---------- -----------
0403.75 0452.05
---------- -----------

By Pythag. theorem: 60,610 metres = 37.66 miles(E); 33.59 miles(S)

angle of orientation: 41.77 degrees

So, the two summits give a spread between 42.59 - 41.77 degrees = 0.82 degrees.

This spread, or 'gate' of 0.82degrees, less than 1/7th of one clock-face-minute, though small in itself, is a large enough 'unit point area' to contain all the chosen points with Dalmeny Kirk as focal point at the other end.

Just for completion, the remaining three points listed, Temple Kirk, Hillend Fort and the plantation known as T-Wood, with reference to Dalmeny Kirk:


Temple Kirk

3144.44 6775.08 Dalmeny Kirk
3315.24 6587.30 Temple Kirk
---------- ----------
0170.80 0187.78
---------- ----------

By Pythag. theorem: 25,384 metres = 15.77 miles(E); 14.07 miles(S)

angle of orientation: 42.29 degrees


Hillend Fort from Roslin Main Street

3144.44 6775.08 Dalmeny Kirk
3245.24 6662.06 Hillend Fort
---------- ----------
0100.80 0113.02
---------- ----------

By Pythag. theorem: 9.41 miles(E); 8.39 miles(S)

angle of orientation: 41.73 degrees


T-Wood from below at Swanston

3144.44 6775.08 Dalmeny Kirk
3239.84 6668.10 T-Wood
---------- ----------
0095.40 0106.98
---------- ----------

By Pythag. theorem: 14,334 metres = 8.91 miles(E); 7.94 miles(S)

angle of orientation: 41.73 degrees



n.b. The T-Wood is centred on a high point with a cairn on top, but unmarked on the map. This was noted on a visit a few years back.

Now, the Eildon has been found in previous sections to be an important point, and is a recognized major, mystical, magical feature of the Borders landscape. From Iron Age Ring Fort, Roman Signal Station, on the banks of the Tweed, on the Phi latitude, a fairy mountain with Thomas The Rhymer associations, with Melrose and its Abbey at its feet. The geometric links are many, and with the special spots on this particular line, it is no doubt worthy of further study, in this instance how this line fits with other systems already considered.

A additional thought, perhaps worthy of consideration, is that the three hills of The Eildon are reminiscent of the three Pyramids of the Giza plateau, even the alignment of the three are similar, in that the two biggest are to the east of the third smallest, and the smallest is also offset from the two largest, just like at Giza, and the configuration is reminiscent of the belt stars of Orion, just like the Giza Pyramids have been equated with, by Bauval and Gilbert, and Hancock. Jeff Nisbet, a few years back, presented a convincing Orion system, using the three islands near North Berwick as the belt stars, and found the other stars, and Sirius quite convincingly marked in the landscape of the area on both sides of the Firth of Forth. We had a discussion going on this, but due to my loss of computer and internet access, tailed off back in 2003. A link on Jeff's website to Gary A. David's site concerns another Orion in the landscape of Arizona, which I had not known of previously: http://azorion.tripod.com/ which is very interesting and worthy of study.

I shall return to this eventually, but for now I wish to return to a system covered early on but was left unfinished. I feel I have now covered the main geometric systems found over the fifteen years now, and cleared the decks, so to speak.