For the past six months or so I've been working with a free CAD system called Cademia, and can plot points accurate to the metre covering the entire Ordnance Survey grid area of the UK and a part of Ireland, important though as the area round Newgrange and Tara can be included. A pity in that Skellig Michael, Mont Saint Michel and Carnac are outwith the limits of the grid. (Also, I can only save files in PDF format and I don't quite know how to publish these yet.)
This is unfortunate as recently I have been drawn to these points, and even south as far as Santiago de Compostela and the Rennes le Chateau area, and east to the Baltic, Bornholm and Gotland in particular. I have had to resort to Google Earth to cover this and was quite happily working on this when a post appeared from William Buehler showing some new systems which interact with what I'd been working on to an astonishing extent, that I need to try and cover this. As it is so long since I've been posting and the format of Blogger has changed a bit, I'll keep this short and make sure I can post some Google Earth shots.
If this works an overview of the area should show:
Ok, that was simple enough! Click on the image to open a full screen view, and slideshow of all images used.
The image shows the Uk/Ireland and France down to the north of Spain, and two lines heading east to the Baltic area.
The prominent yellow vertical line is the Greenwich meridian.
The red vertical line to the left is the meridian of a feature I found just south of the stone fields of Carnac, the tumulus Saint Michel, and was originally traced through the UK all the way to Orkney, and runs through my main area of interest namely Edinburgh and Midlothian with many points of interest noted. I subsequently extended this south to the latitude of Santiago de Compostela, as I had found a line from there through Mount Saint Michael in Cornwall extended north east to the south Scotland area, more on later!
I accurately plotted a line due east to Tumulus St Michel meridian, then extended this east again accurately the same distance which was in the Rennes Le Chateau area to a point close to the mountain of Bugarach.
(Actually, I had previously noted that visually RLC appeared to be close to the mirror point of St de Compostela. Drawing the line from RLC to the point where The St de Comp. line had intersected the Tum St Michel meridian, extended to Tinto Hill in the South of Scotland, which is a prominent pyramidal hill and is finally coming into the picture, linking to the Glasgow stuff mentioned previously.)
I decided to use Bugarach mountain as the nearest and best point to use for a large scale projection, being a prominent line of sight point and is a major point in the geometry of both Henry Lincoln and David Wood, if memory serves right!(They both use Bugarach church which is in the village of Bugarach - 13-6-12). The results were astonishing, in themselves, but they also connect with Bill Buehler's new systems at certain points.
My first two trials proved to be inspired, and connect Bugarach with Callanish and Barra( which also includes the exact summit of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales), both corners of the triangle with Preston Unicorn Cross at its eastern apex. More on later.
My initial spur was reading recently that Skellig Michael, Mount Saint Michaels and Mont Saint Michel where in a straight line.(see Article 'Lands End or Beginning' - Andrew Gough link in list opposite). I find them to be in a near straight line, and I have put in the line from Skellig Michael(Great Skellig?) direct to Mont Saint Michel, and also the lines from Mount Saint Michaels to both of these, and at a great scale as in the first image, seem to be the same. It still is intriguing, (is it not?) that three such impressive rock islands all with structures on their tops dedicated to the same saint, or saints with the same name, should be so closely aligned.
Scanning the Carnac area I then came across Tumulus Saint Michel, and used this as the exact longitude to use for the exercise extending Carnac's longitude north, as it sits roughly between the extremities of the visible stone fields a little to the north.
After this I zoomed out and noticed that the tumulus seemed to be the same distance from Mount St Michaels as Mont St Michel is. On checking, the distances were 206.11 miles and 206.24 miles, respectively!! Just one more astonishment!
Four St Michaels showing geometric relationships!
I joined the tumulus and Mont St Michel, and then extended north east to the island of Gotland, finding that not only did it skirt both Amsterdam and Copenhagen, but also the town I lived in for some three years, Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. Of personal interest, perhaps more later.
The other line heading to the Baltic, Mount Saint Michaels to Bornholm was to see if this correlated with the well known Michael/Mary line much commented on by others. Bornholm is a major centre of geometry verifiably accurate to within millimetres using the Danish Kort &Matrikelstyrelsen data as shown by Erling Haagensen and Henry Lincoln and looked at by me earlier in the history of this blog.
Although to the south of the Michael/Mary line there is enough to be intriguing. Not least finding the intersection with another line of longitude I had been interested in, again read about recently, the line of longitude 33 degrees west of the Great Pyramid.at an estate/hamlet called Stanton St Bernards which I did not know of previously. Not only did one of Bill Buehlers lines also pass through this spot, but also the line from Bugarach to Barra, My 'gast' was truly 'flabbered' by now!
In this image Stanton St Bernard can be seen in relation to the Milk Hill area, and some of Bill's systems with sites of previous crop formations indicated. The line from Mount St Michael to Bornholm goes directly through one of these formations labelled 'Whale'.
A close up of Stanton St Bernard.
6-6-12 update!
First a couple of shots of what I've been doing in the Rennes Le Chateau area:
this is my first attempt at constructing David Wood's( GENISIS and GENESET) pentagonal system, still not 'right', needs tweaking!
Also I've played around with colours a bit, and there is an additional purple line which is the 'Great Circle' line between Santiago de Compostela and the Rennes area, see the third image !
This second one shows again my first attempt at constructing Henry Lincoln's(The Holy Place etc) pentagon superimposed on Woods system.
The Great Circle, or shortest distance between two points on a sphere, in purple, as opposed to the three points of same latitude I used for initial construction, in red! The difference is noticeable, and more on later. I also picked out some points of interest on the way, Montsegur and Lourdes, although not on the lines concerned, but good for future reference!
Now another WSBuehler connection! I had gone back to the Callanish and Barra areas to construct the triangular system with Preston Unicorn Cross at its apex, desribed previously. plotting relevant points of interest, namely Cruachan, Ben Ledi, Inchcolm and on through to Lindisfarne on the Barra line, and Schiehallion on the Callanish line in particular, and as Mount St Michaels was a prominent spot in this whole story, plotted the line between Schiehallion and Mount St M's to find that it connected with the UK Grail Resh point of WSB's, just off the Anglesy oast. It also ran through the Isle of Man, and the centre of Glasgow, including the Science Park, BBC and Kelvingrove Museum, all worthy of note!
Where the two turquoise lines interset is Preston (Unicorn) Cross, (PUC)and the extensions to the east and south-east terminate in this image at Lindisfarne and Kelso respectively. The return line from Lindisfarne through Kelso extends to Ailsa Craig and is further desribed below.
This image shows the Callanish - Barra section of the PUC triangle as used by me for the calculations described earlier in this blog. The two different blue lines are from Bugarach. The red line running parallel to the linking line between Callanish and Barra from the south is from Skellig Michael, just one more link to consider.
A section of the Barra - Lindisfarne line showing Ardchattan with the Bugarach - Callanish line and intersection with the Cruachan massif to the right with Loch Awe spanning the gap between the two lines.
In this image, Inchcolm is to the left and Preston (Unicorn) Cross at the intersection with the Tumulus St Michel longitude, in red, midway between PUC and Arthurs Seat.
Inchcolm with the line passing through both Abbey and highest point.
The extensions of both lines to Lindisfarne, at the end of the Barra line with the 33d west of Giza longitude in the gap between the island and mainland, and Kelso, (Abbey area), on the Schiehallion - Callanish extension, with the line from Santiago de Compostella - Mount St. Michaels running through to form a near 90d angle with the Barra line!
In the above and below images, the line joining Lindisfarne and Kelso is shown extending south-west and taking in Dryburgh Abbey and also the Eagles Nest point much emphasised in this blog, with the tumulus St. Michaels longitude running just east of Eagles Nest, and with Lee Pen at Innerleithen marked. This line continues south-east through the Dryhope Tower area to Ailsa Craig, the island where granite Curling Stones are from.
The Kelso area with Kelso Abbey , the octagonal ?bandstand? in the town and Roxburghe Castle ruin to the left.
The Eagles Nest and Dryhope Tower with St Mary's Loch and the Yarrow valley. with the Tumulsus St Michel longitude in red.
Ailsa Craig. The red line continues through Donald's Hill in Ireland.
I shall leave this as is for now, although there are a lot of connections to try. One that I did try was Mont St Michel through Glastonbury Tor another Michael connection, and extended was close to the Callanish area, which did include Goat Fell on Arran, a prominent mountain in west-central Scotland, but the line ran just east of Glastonbury Tor, and clipped the north-east coast of The Isle Of Man. Trying Snaefell on Man brought The Great Orme on the Welsh north coast into the picture, and a direct line through Glastonbury Tor summit finds the centre of the Great Orme. I haven't included this yet due to time constraints and developing complexity.
I could include more images/text as and when deemed necessary.
This exercise has been an astonishing journey, but then what's new? TG - 15 June, a week till solstice!
Friday, 25 May 2012
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
O. S. Open Source API trial
I have just now registered for the OS Open Source facility and hope that it works as my initial trial was very good, in that not only is it a full map of the UK or Britain, but it gives universal grid references instead of the 'coded' form for the map sections i.e. with the two letter suffix followed by six figure references. This new facility gives twelve figure references, which is what I had been doing manually for many years now. It appears to be a new thing, to me at least, and is what I have been dreaming of for yonks now!
What spurred me into action was a recent request asking for any leads into the Glasgow area geometry. I found an interesting site based on the work of Harry Bell, who I knew of, but never met, and he was deceased before I tried to contact him. That was back in 2002/3, but a google search found many sites connecting with his work.
I have started to plot his points and see how it develops alongside my own findings, and the techniques I have developed over the years. This new resource is ideal, if I can get it working.
Here's hoping!
6-6-12 update!
Ok! I am still using the Ordnance Survey map element but have given up on using the source code stuff, stiking to Cademia and Google Earth for now, though I still haven't tried to publish pdf files which I can save from Cademia.
What spurred me into action was a recent request asking for any leads into the Glasgow area geometry. I found an interesting site based on the work of Harry Bell, who I knew of, but never met, and he was deceased before I tried to contact him. That was back in 2002/3, but a google search found many sites connecting with his work.
I have started to plot his points and see how it develops alongside my own findings, and the techniques I have developed over the years. This new resource is ideal, if I can get it working.
Here's hoping!
6-6-12 update!
Ok! I am still using the Ordnance Survey map element but have given up on using the source code stuff, stiking to Cademia and Google Earth for now, though I still haven't tried to publish pdf files which I can save from Cademia.
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Roman altar stones at Inveresk, Musselburgh
The B.B.C. reports the discovery of two Roman altar stones at Inverek, Musselburgh:
Two rare, carved altar stones found in East Lothian could shed new light about the Roman period in Scotland, it has been claimed.
The Roman stones were found during the redevelopment of a cricket pavilion in Lewisvale Park, Musselburgh.
Experts said they may help re-write the history books on the Roman occupation of Inveresk.
Although they were found in March 2010, it has only now become safe to fully inspect them.
Archaeologists said the stones were of "exceptional quality".
The experts from East Lothian Council, Historic Scotland and AOC Archaeology Group have been carefully removing the stones for the past year.
Only the backs and sides were visible until this month, when it was finally safe to make a full inspection.
The first stone has side panels showing a lyre and griffon as well as pictures of a jug and bowl, objects which would be used for pouring offerings on the altar.
The front face bears a carved inscription dedicating the altar to the god Mithras - the furthest north that such dedications have been discovered.
Mithraism was a religion in the Roman Empire from the 1st to 4th Centuries and the worshippers had a complex system of initiation grades.
Mithras is often shown slaying a bull with Sol looking on and there is often an association between both deities.
Face of God
The front face of the second stone shows female heads which represent the four seasons.
All are wearing headdresses, spring flowers, summer foliage, autumn grapes and a shawl for winter.
The centre of the stone contains a carving of the face of a God, probably Sol, wearing a solar crown.
Continue reading the main story
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Start Quote
This is the first evidence for the god Mithras in Scotland, and changes our view of Roman religion on the northern frontier”
Dr Fraser Hunter
National Museums Scotland
The eyes, mouth and solar rays are all pierced and the hollowed rear shaft would probably have held a lantern or candle letting the light shine through, similar to a Halloween pumpkin or turnip lantern.
An inscription on a panel beneath the four seasons is currently partially obscured, but experts said it was likely to bear the name of the dedicator - who is believed to be a Roman centurion - and the God to whom the altar is dedicated.
Traces of red and white paint are still visible beneath the inscription panel, which experts said suggested it was originally brightly painted.
Ruth Currie, East Lothian Council's cabinet member for community wellbeing, said: "This is enormously exciting and its significance could be huge.
"These beautiful artefacts could reveal a whole new strand of East Lothian's history and possibly even shed light on the way the Romans lived on an international scale."
Dr Fraser Hunter, Iron Age and Roman curator at National Museums Scotland, said: "The quality of these sculptures is remarkable, and they will tell us an enormous amount.
"This is the first evidence for the god Mithras in Scotland, and changes our view of Roman religion on the northern frontier."
Dr James Bruhn of Historic Scotland said: "The discovery of altar stones to the eastern God Mithras adds a fascinating new chapter to the story of Inveresk's Roman past."
Inveresk is an interesting place, with prominent old church, a boundary point visited during the Common Ridng of Musselburgh, and some interesting old houses. I had thought Inveresk would have been more involved in the geometry than it has till present. I only have one alignment for it, and can't even remember what it is at present. I'll give another look.
A few years back a carved stone was found in the River Almond at Cramond, in which a lioness has a man in her mouth, which Bill Buehler found of interest.
Also, the headquarters of Scottish Widows Insurance Company between Melville and King's Gate, the riders neck/shoulder area, are built on the foundations of a Roman fort or villa with attached bathhouse. So, the Romans had a substantial presence in the area, and of course Dere Street runs up into the Lothians and there is also the Signal Station on the Eildon Hills.
Two rare, carved altar stones found in East Lothian could shed new light about the Roman period in Scotland, it has been claimed.
The Roman stones were found during the redevelopment of a cricket pavilion in Lewisvale Park, Musselburgh.
Experts said they may help re-write the history books on the Roman occupation of Inveresk.
Although they were found in March 2010, it has only now become safe to fully inspect them.
Archaeologists said the stones were of "exceptional quality".
The experts from East Lothian Council, Historic Scotland and AOC Archaeology Group have been carefully removing the stones for the past year.
Only the backs and sides were visible until this month, when it was finally safe to make a full inspection.
The first stone has side panels showing a lyre and griffon as well as pictures of a jug and bowl, objects which would be used for pouring offerings on the altar.
The front face bears a carved inscription dedicating the altar to the god Mithras - the furthest north that such dedications have been discovered.
Mithraism was a religion in the Roman Empire from the 1st to 4th Centuries and the worshippers had a complex system of initiation grades.
Mithras is often shown slaying a bull with Sol looking on and there is often an association between both deities.
Face of God
The front face of the second stone shows female heads which represent the four seasons.
All are wearing headdresses, spring flowers, summer foliage, autumn grapes and a shawl for winter.
The centre of the stone contains a carving of the face of a God, probably Sol, wearing a solar crown.
Continue reading the main story
“
Start Quote
This is the first evidence for the god Mithras in Scotland, and changes our view of Roman religion on the northern frontier”
Dr Fraser Hunter
National Museums Scotland
The eyes, mouth and solar rays are all pierced and the hollowed rear shaft would probably have held a lantern or candle letting the light shine through, similar to a Halloween pumpkin or turnip lantern.
An inscription on a panel beneath the four seasons is currently partially obscured, but experts said it was likely to bear the name of the dedicator - who is believed to be a Roman centurion - and the God to whom the altar is dedicated.
Traces of red and white paint are still visible beneath the inscription panel, which experts said suggested it was originally brightly painted.
Ruth Currie, East Lothian Council's cabinet member for community wellbeing, said: "This is enormously exciting and its significance could be huge.
"These beautiful artefacts could reveal a whole new strand of East Lothian's history and possibly even shed light on the way the Romans lived on an international scale."
Dr Fraser Hunter, Iron Age and Roman curator at National Museums Scotland, said: "The quality of these sculptures is remarkable, and they will tell us an enormous amount.
"This is the first evidence for the god Mithras in Scotland, and changes our view of Roman religion on the northern frontier."
Dr James Bruhn of Historic Scotland said: "The discovery of altar stones to the eastern God Mithras adds a fascinating new chapter to the story of Inveresk's Roman past."
Inveresk is an interesting place, with prominent old church, a boundary point visited during the Common Ridng of Musselburgh, and some interesting old houses. I had thought Inveresk would have been more involved in the geometry than it has till present. I only have one alignment for it, and can't even remember what it is at present. I'll give another look.
A few years back a carved stone was found in the River Almond at Cramond, in which a lioness has a man in her mouth, which Bill Buehler found of interest.
Also, the headquarters of Scottish Widows Insurance Company between Melville and King's Gate, the riders neck/shoulder area, are built on the foundations of a Roman fort or villa with attached bathhouse. So, the Romans had a substantial presence in the area, and of course Dere Street runs up into the Lothians and there is also the Signal Station on the Eildon Hills.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Back to the future, or forward to the past !?
It has been many months, eight or so, since I last posted, due to various factors, a new computer allowing greater access to the temptations of the internet, allied to my own lethargy and sheer laziness, and perhaps just life getting in the way.
Anyway, here I am back with the intention of carrying the work further.
My previous post was of the (near) summer solstice photo over the Forth Road Bridge from Hawes pier at South Queensferry. This year I intend to develop this further, and if possible be at Hillend fort for the summer solstice setting. This may not be practical given my lack of transport, but hopefully things will work out!
The photo was taken a few nights after the solstice so I am unsure exactly how the suns setting point had changed, but it would not have been by much. Also the photo was taken a bit after sunset from sea-level. Hillend is the logical point to get an accurate fix from at the point of sunset.
Anyway, here I am back with the intention of carrying the work further.
My previous post was of the (near) summer solstice photo over the Forth Road Bridge from Hawes pier at South Queensferry. This year I intend to develop this further, and if possible be at Hillend fort for the summer solstice setting. This may not be practical given my lack of transport, but hopefully things will work out!
The photo was taken a few nights after the solstice so I am unsure exactly how the suns setting point had changed, but it would not have been by much. Also the photo was taken a bit after sunset from sea-level. Hillend is the logical point to get an accurate fix from at the point of sunset.
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
horse'n'rider slideshow
just a basic slideshow, with the three images superimposed:
To get a full screen view, click on 'hnrslide3' button in bottom left corner, and chose 'slideshow'!
To get a full screen view, click on 'hnrslide3' button in bottom left corner, and chose 'slideshow'!
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