David A. Fisher (Author)
It has been proven that many of the rhyolite and dolerite bluestones that reside within the Sarsen circle of Stonehenge originate from the Preseli Hills of Wales (Bevins, Ixer; 2013, 2014). Yet, no evidence can be found that the rows of stones that are circumjacent to the Preseli Hills have ever been investigated to determine if any orientations to features within the Hills exists, or, whether they may possess any astronomical orientation as occurs with Scottish stone rows (Thom, 1967; Fisher, 2013). References to these sites, are few (Burl, 1993; Williams,1988) and information is somewhat anecdotal. To expand the knowledge base, five sites, each comprising of a pair of stones, were investigated by means of site visits and 3-dimensional computerisation in order to envisage any potential orientations, to either the Hills themselves or celestial events, during the period of the suspected construction of the Mid-Neolithic to early Bronze age time frame. The resultant investigation determined that not only do the sites have potential orientations toward the lunar minor and major limits, but concur with the concept of duality as proposed by Sims (2016).
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