Simon

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#Archaeoastronomy and #Stonehenge geek.

Ex-IT #Perl & webdev until I got bored of making computers do things for other people. Now work for the #NationalTrust as a professional duster.

Other incarnations of me include:

freewheelin@cix (still on #CIX, infrequently)

weborguk on the Birdsite (for now)

$myrealname on FarceBork (if you know me, you'll be able to find me)

My websites:

http://web.org.uk
http://www.stonesofstonehenge.org.uk
http://www.stonehengemonument.co.uk

Web.org.ukhttp://web.org.uk
Stones of Stonehengehttp://www.stonesofstonehenge.org.uk/
Stonehenge Monumenthttp://www.stonehengemonument.co.uk/
Show threadSimonMar 7
@lproven I have very fond memories of Pagemaker, and also of Freehand and Persuasion. Powerful enough to produce professional output, and simple enough that anyone could rapidly pick them up and learn them. RIP Paul.
Show threadSimonFeb 15
@didgebaba Interestingly, it is oriented (long axis) to the Winter Solstice Sunrise (seaward) <-> Summer Solstice Sunset (landward). More interestingly, it is at the latitude where this axis is precisely perpendicular to the WSSS <-> SSSR direction. In 600CE.
SimonDec 30
Justin MasonDec 29
Oh crap. Gmail is deprecating support for picking up mail from a remote server using POP3 polling in January 😭 Given that I switched to this mode due to reliability problems with direct delivery via mail forwarding, this really sucks...
Show threadSimonDec 30
@wordshaper @jwz The really annoying thing about this is that I (and others) would pay actual $$/year for the POP3 fetch service to continue just as it is.
SimonFeb 15, 2025

The Larkhill Sun Gap - an article by me working out exactly where it was.

https://www.stonehengemonument.co.uk/2025/02/the-larkhill-sun-gap-revisited.html

The Larkhill Sun Gap Revisited

The Summer Solstice Sunrise line as seen from Stonehenge runs across the landscape and over the ridgeline at Larkhill, at the northern end o...

SimonJan 17, 2025

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/mysteries-of #Stonehenge

This Sunday, 6pm, a collection of folks chatting about the rocks. Me included.

SimonSep 13, 2024
Five stones to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them. #Stonehenge https://www.stonehengemonument.co.uk/2024/09/the-founding-stones-of-stonehenge.html
The Founding Stones of Stonehenge

I was drafting a summary diagram for use in a presentation I'm giving tonight to the Hampshire Astronomical Society on the Astronomy of Ston...

SimonAug 28, 2024

Sometimes, the most unexpected things pop out of nowhere and bonk you on the head. #Stonehenge

https://www.stonehengemonument.co.uk/2024/08/implications-of-upright-altar-stone-in.html

Implications of an upright Altar Stone in WA 3639

In the previous post ( Is the Altar Stone the founding stone of Stonehenge? ) I suggested that perhaps Atkinson was correct when he suggeste...

SimonAug 27, 2024
More musings on the Altar Stone at #Stonehenge https://www.stonehengemonument.co.uk/2024/08/is-altar-stone-founding-stone-of.html
Is the Altar Stone the founding stone of Stonehenge?

You've got to be pretty motivated to bring a 6 ton lump of sandstone from the environs of the Orcadian Basin to Stonehenge (see  The Scottis...

Show threadSimonAug 18, 2024
@muminitaly There's certainly a connection between the sites - the earliest Orcadian Grooved Ware style pottery near Stonehenge is associated with the Bulford/Double Hedges neolithic pits dating to around 3000BCE. This is the same location as the "double henge" dating to around 2,900BCE, so very early for this style of monument in the south of Britain. See https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue56/2/full-text.html
The Army Basing Programme, Stonehenge and the Emergence of the Sacred Landscape of Wessex

An appraisal of the evidence from the Army Basing Programme and other recent programmes of research around Stonehenge.