The video argues that Stonehenge’s 56 Aubrey Holes may encode three lunar nodal cycles. At 18.6 years each, that totals 55.8 years, so the proposed scheme implies lunar tracking for nearly six decades—not nearly 20 years.
Video argues 56 Aubrey Holes may encode three 18.6-year lunar nodal cycles
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Key facts
- Stonehenge has 56 Aubrey Holes; their original function remains debated.
- The video interprets the 56-hole count as approximately three 18.6-year lunar nodal cycles, which total 55.8 years.
- Under that interpretation, Neolithic peoples tracked lunar movements for about six decades, not nearly 20 years.
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Stonehenge: A New Theoryjournals.uchicago.edu
Thus the Station Stones appear to link the solar and lunar cycles to the burial pits of the Aubrey Hole setting, bringing the dead into conjunction with the ...
Aubrey holes - Stonehenge Stone Circle News and Informationblog.stonehenge-stone-circle.co.uk
the 56 Aubrey Holes could be used to predict eclipses. Every month you can fix the Moon marker by making sure it's in the Aubrey Hole directly opposite the Sun ...
Aubrey holesen.wikipedia.org
The Aubrey holes are a ring of 56 chalk pits at Stonehenge, They date to the earliest phases of Stonehenge … three consecutive 18.61 year-long lunar cycles.
The Aubrey Holes Revisitedadsabs.harvard.edu
by CT Daub · 1993 · Cited by 1 — 295306-day cycle of lunar phases. The circle of 56 Aubrey Holes represents a very early phase of Stonehenge, predating the previously discussed surviving ...
[Sticky] Stonehenge: Ancient Monument as Cycle Computercyclesresearchinstitute.org
Hawkins noted that 56, the number of Aubrey Holes, is close to three times 18.61 years (19 + 19 + 18 ≈ 56). His proposed method was to move a ...
Emerging Stonehenge Research Supports Prehistoric ...artpublikamag.com
So, there are 56 Aubrey holes in the circle. With posts in the holes, each space between two Aubrey Holes represents 1 day. To calculate 1 solar ...
Stonehenge Major Lunar Standstillenglish-heritage.org.uk
... Aubrey Holes – 56 pits which may originally have housed upright timber ... In addition, the regularity of the cycle of the lunar phases – from Dark ...
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