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Index  -

The Original Purpose of the Stonehenge Site

(1)  The Social Evolution from a Nomadic Culture to a Settled One

(2)  The Need For Settled Farming and a Season/Weather Forecaster

(3)  An Understanding of Nomadic Life

(4)  Successful Transition from Nomadic to Farming Culture

A Season/Weather Forecaster

(5)  A Possible Primary Function of the Stonehenge Site

(6)  Progression of the Sunrises

(7)  A Clock of the Seasons

(8)   ~ 8000 BC,  Pine Post Holes

(9)   ~ 3100 BC,  Aubrey Holes

(10)  ~ 2600 BC,  Q and R Holes

(11)  ~ 2400 BC,  Sarsen Stones

(12)  ~ 1600 BC,  Y and Z Holes

Further Work

(13)  Personal Thoughts

(14)  Further Investigations and Other Henges

Sources  (bibliography)

Neolithic Structures - UK  (Evidence of Sunrise Orientation) 

Appendix A  -       Calculations for Sunrises Angles

Appendix B  -       ' Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered '

Chapter 3,   by Norman Lockyer, 1906   

Appendix C  -        Dating the Y and Z Holes