Article ID: CBB000930140

Orientations of Channel Islands Megalithic Tombs (2008)

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New measurements have been made by the author of the orientations of the Channel Islands' megalithic tombs, with a view to determining whether there is any correlation with astronomical phenomena, such as sunrise. The tombs selected for this study included the known passage graves (Figures 2 and 3), whose alignments could, in general, be well defined, and those cists (Figure 4) that appeared to have an undisturbed alignment. This paper summarizes the study, which has been published in greater detail elsewhere. In this paper the names of the tombs generally follow those used by Kendrick7 and Hawkes.8

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Authors & Contributors
Hoskin, Michael A.
Clausen, C.
Pritchard, Olwyn
Orlando, Andrea
Gori, Davide
Felipe Criado-Boado
Concepts
Megalithic monuments
Archaeoastronomy
Astronomy
Tombs
Sun
Moon
Time Periods
Prehistory
Ancient
Bronze age
Places
Spain
France
Europe
Portugal
Great Britain
Malta
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