Experts say some of structure’s stones may have been set to mark an event that only happens every 18.6 years
It may seem fanciful, but as darkness approached – and with it a vanishingly rare lunar event – it felt as if the beasts and the birds of
This weekend, archaeologists, astronomers and archaeoastronomers arrived at the time of the full moon to explore the theory that the Stonehenge creators may have set up some stones to mark the lunar standstill, when moonrise and moonset are farthest apart along the horizon., an emeritus professor of archaeoastronomy at the University of Leicester.
Sebire said some of Stonehenge’s bluestones caught the moonlight beautifully, adding: “That might be one of the reasons they used them.” She also explained that, during the early phase of Stonehenge, people were burying the cremated remains of the dead in part of the monument that aligns with the station stones. “There may be something in all this,” Sebire said.
Only two of the four station stones are still in place. Markers show where English Heritage believes the two missing stones were positioned – but some of the archaeoastronomers think one may be slightly out. A temporary marker – a handbag – was placed on the spot where they believe it may have been.
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