Theories about Stonehenge have historically tended to regard it as a stand-alone monument. But an increasingly well-supported view holds that Stonehenge was just part of a much larger ceremonial landscape, as this article in the March issue of Scientific American explains. Cutting-edge tools such as magnetometers, ground-penetrating radar and video game technology are helping archaeologists to detect and map other structures in the vicinity of Stonehenge and to understand how they relate to the great stone circle. In this video, archaeologists at the University of Birmingham in England discuss how these technologies recently led to the discovery of what seem to be remains of a giant ring of timber posts that overlooked Stonehenge.

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1. 1. peturhalldorsson 06:48 AM 5/6/11

   “It was just part of a much wider ritual landscape.”
   Research into the conceptual background of the Sagas told in 12th century Icelandic skin manuscripts has revealed a prehistoric Image of Creation marked in the land by Iceland’s 9th century settlers with exquisite geometric and mathematical precision. The principal refernece points of the measure were the motions of the heavenly bodies and the cardinal directions. In fact, Mans Image of Creation was a projection on the terrain of the heavens, anchored to prominent landmarks on the ground and the Sun’s annual path around the Zodiac. The Image of Creation was at once sacred and a practical Sun Watch. The ancient approach is akin to a yardstick, which applies not only to the ancient Sun Watch in Iceland, for my research has established that the like reference frame was used in antiquity in all parts of the globe:
   http://www.peturhalldorsson.com/cosmos_all.html
   (Click on any country, click on any location to see ideological connections between locations)
   The ideas outlined in my book: The Measure of the Cosmos, proposes a “blueprint” up on which cultural areas were built. I suggest that such an Image of Creation initiated the famous Stoneage constructions in Europe and underlies cultivated areas of the world. Thus; Jelling, Denmark - St.Denis, France - the Vatican, Rome - The Tower of London and Glastonbury, Avebury and Stonehenge in Somerset are rooted on a grid, suggesting their location is according to a measured plan that predates them.
   Petur Halldorsson
   

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