Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered Papyras Classics

Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered

by Sir Norman Lockyer

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter I. Introductory
  3. Chapter II. The Astronomical Divisions of the Year
  4. Chapter III. The Agricultural Divisions of the Year
  5. Chapter IV. The Various New-Year Days
  6. Chapter V. Conditions and Traditions at Stonehenge
  7. Chapter VI. General Architecture of Stonehenge
  8. Chapter VII. Astronomical Observations at Stonehenge in 1901
  9. Chapter VIII. Archæological Observations at Stonehenge, 1901
  10. Chapter IX. Was There an Earlier Circle?
  11. Chapter X. The May and June Worships in Brittany
  12. Chapter XI. Astronomical Hints for Archæologists
  13. Chapter XII. Astronomical Hints for Archæologists— Continued
  14. Chapter XIII. Stenness (Lat. 59° N.)
  15. Chapter XIV. The Hurlers (Lat. 50° 31′ N.)
  16. Chapter XV. The Dartmoor Avenues
  17. Chapter XVI. The Dartmoor Avenues ( continued )
  18. Chapter XVII. Stanton Drew (Lat. 51° 10′ N.)
  19. Chapter XVIII. Folklore and Tradition
  20. Chapter XIX. Sacred Fires
  21. Chapter XX. Sacred Trees
  22. Chapter XXI. Holy Wells and Streams
  23. Chapter XXII. Where Did the British Worship Originate?
  24. Chapter XXIII. The Similarity of the Semitic and British Worships
  25. Chapter XXIV. The May-Year in South-West Cornwall
  26. Chapter XXV. The Merry Maidens Circle (Lat. 50° 4′ N.)
  27. Chapter XXVI. The Tregaseal Circles (Lat. 50° 8′ 25″ N., Long. 5° 39′ 25″ W.)
  28. Chapter XXVII. Some Other Cornish Monuments
  29. Chapter XXVIII. The Clock-Stars in Egypt and Britain
  30. Chapter XXIX. A Short History of Sun Temples
  31. Chapter XXX. The Life of the Astronomer-Priests
  32. Appendices

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