Megalithic Measures
There’s a lot of fun to be had from picking up threads of information and seeing where they lead. Like Ariadne’s clew for Theseus in the labyrinth they can lead to the heart of a mystery.
Adapted from a magazine article in 1985
In
May,
when
leaves
are
dressing
the
trees
in
fresh
bright
green
and
dandelions
are
scattering
gold
on
the
grass,
the
10
stars
of
Perseus
lie
in
the
north
at
midnight
as
the
star
Algol
brushes
the
horizon beneath them.
It
was
the
time
of
a
total
lunar
eclipse
and
I
was
camping
with
friends
in
a
field
in
the
West
Country
when
a
series
of
serendipitous
coincidences
led
me
to
some
significant
insights
into
the
units
of
measure
used
by
the
ancient
people
who
laid
out
the
megalithic
circles
of
western
Europe.
In
the
afternoon
the
shadow
of
the
earth
darkened
the
face
of
the
moon.
Altair
rose
in
the
East
at
sunset,
a
companion
for
the
dusky
faced
lunar bride.
Later,
after
the
ruddy,
eclipsed
moon
had
risen,
the
wedding
veil
was
drawn
back
and
her
bright
gaze
fell
on
the
dancers
and
the
fire
that
celebrated
the
renewal
of
the
energies
of
the
Dragon
and the Bull at Beltane…
Continue
Following the String from the Meg to the Mile
Some
time
after
writing
the
preceding
piece
about
Megalithic
Measure
I
was
drawn
back
into
the
world
of
the
mathematicians of the Stone Circle era.
The
similarity
that
appeared
between
some
of
the
ancient
measures
and
those
of
the
British
“Imperial”
system
of
feet,
inches
and
yards
created
an
interest
in
seeing
whether
there
were
other
related
survivals
that
linked
the
mensuration
work
of
four
millennia
BC
to
the
end
of
the
second
millennium
AD…
Continue
Click the audio play button above to hear
me talk about the String of Ideas.
Click the audio play button above to hear
me talk about the Meg to the Mile.
Me with two megalithic yard measuring rod.
The Druid’s cord.
Megalithic
Measures
There’s a lot of fun to be had from picking up threads of information and seeing where they lead. Like Ariadne’s clew for Theseus in the labyrinth they can lead to the heart of a mystery.In
May,
when
leaves
are
dressing
the
trees
in
fresh
bright
green
and
dandelions
are
scattering
gold
on
the
grass,
the
10
stars
of
Perseus
lie
in
the
north
at
midnight
as
the
star
Algol
brushes
the horizon beneath them.
It
was
the
time
of
a
total
lunar
eclipse
and
I
was
camping
with
friends
in
a
field
in
the
West
Country
when
a
series
of
serendipitous
coincidences
led
me
to
some
significant
insights
into
the
units
of
measure
used
by
the
ancient
people
who
laid
out
the
megalithic
circles
of
western
Europe.
In
the
afternoon
the
shadow
of
the
earth
darkened
the
face
of
the
moon.
Altair
rose
in
the
East
at
sunset,
a
companion
for
the
dusky
faced
lunar bride.
Later,
after
the
ruddy,
eclipsed
moon
had
risen,
the
wedding
veil
was
drawn
back
and
her
bright
gaze
fell
on
the
dancers
and
the
fire
that
celebrated
the
renewal
of
the
energies
of
the
Dragon and the Bull at Beltane..
Continue
Following the String from the Meg to the Mile
Some
time
after
writing
the
preceding
piece
about
Megalithic
Measure
I
was
drawn
back
into
the
world
of
the
mathematicians
of the Stone Circle era.
The
similarity
that
appeared
between
some
of
the
ancient
measures
and
those
of
the
British
“Imperial”
system
of
feet,
inches
and
yards
created
an
interest
in
seeing
whether
there
were
other
related
survivals
that
linked
the
mensuration
work
of
four
millennia
BC
to
the
end
of
the
second
millennium
AD..
Continue
Adapted from a magazine article in 1985
Click the audio play button above to hear
me talk about the String of Ideas.
Click the audio play button above to hear
me talk about the Meg to the Mile.
