Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered

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Author

Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920

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Produced by Tim Lindell, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology

Subject

Druids and Druidism

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 62342

Release Date

June 8, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.STONEHENGE AND OTHER BRITISH STONE MONUMENTS Astronomically Considered
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
6. 6.CHAPTER II THE ASTRONOMICAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR
7. 7.CHAPTER III THE AGRICULTURAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE VARIOUS NEW-YEAR DAYS
9. 9.CHAPTER V CONDITIONS AND TRADITIONS AT STONEHENGE
10. 10.CHAPTER VI GENERAL ARCHITECTURE OF STONEHENGE
11. 11.CHAPTER VII ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE IN 1901 [11]
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII ARCHÆOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE, 1901
13. 13.CHAPTER IX WAS THERE AN EARLIER CIRCLE?
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE MAY AND JUNE WORSHIPS IN BRITTANY
15. 15.CHAPTER XI ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS
16. 16.CHAPTER XII ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS— Continued.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII STENNESS (Lat. 59° N.).
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV THE HURLERS (Lat. 50° 31′ N.)
19. 19.CHAPTER XV THE DARTMOOR AVENUES
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI THE DARTMOOR AVENUES ( continued )
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII STANTON DREW (Lat. 51° 10′ N.)
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII FOLKLORE AND TRADITION — February 4. — May 6. — August 8. — November 8.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX SACRED FIRES
24. 24.CHAPTER XX SACRED TREES — I. The May Celebrations. — II. The Rowan Tree and Witchcraft.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI HOLY WELLS AND STREAMS — 1. Pagan origin. — 2. Wells generally situated near stone monuments or churches which have replaced them. — 3. Association of sacred wells with sacred trees. — 4. Well worship and offerings. — 5. Time of the chief festival.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII WHERE DID THE BRITISH WORSHIP ORIGINATE?
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII THE SIMILARITY OF THE SEMITIC AND BRITISH WORSHIPS — 1. The cult of sacred stones or cairns. — 2. Sacred fires. — 3. The cult of the sacred tree. — 4. The cult of the sacred well. — 5. The time of the chief festivals. — 6. The characteristics of the festivals. — 7. The worship in high places. — 8. The god or gods worshipped. — 9. The worship of the sun and stars.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV THE MAY-YEAR IN SOUTH-WEST CORNWALL
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV THE MERRY MAIDENS CIRCLE (LAT. 50° 4′ N.)
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI THE TREGASEAL CIRCLES (LAT. 50° 8′ 25″ N., LONG. 5° 39′ 25″ W.)
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII SOME OTHER CORNISH MONUMENTS — Boscawen-un , N. Lat. 50° 5′ 20″ — “ Stripple Stones ” (lat. 50° 32′ 50″ N., long. 4° 37′ W.) — “ Nine Maidens ” (lat. 50° 28′ 20″ N., long. 4° 54′ 35″ W.)
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII THE CLOCK-STARS IN EGYPT AND BRITAIN. — Egypt. — Britain.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX A SHORT HISTORY OF SUN TEMPLES — The Original Cult — The May-Year Monuments in Britain. — May Warnings. — August warnings. — November warnings. — February Warnings. — The Solstitial Year Monuments.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX THE LIFE OF THE ASTRONOMER-PRIESTS
35. 35.APPENDICES — I. Details of the Theodolite Observations at Stonehenge — II. Hints on Making, and Method of Reducing, the Field Observations.
36. 36.INDEX
37. 37.Transcriber’s Notes

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