I have in my library a copy of “Puttenham under the Hog’s Back’ by Ruth Dugmore. Published in 1972 by Philimore Press. At long last it has risen to the top of the pile of my required reading and I was interested to find the following: “In the seventh century England was divided up into…
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Culverswell Barrow
The following Page is copied into Posts because it seems very few visitors look beyond the Posts and therefore miss this important finding which is crucial to the credibility of the pattern. The CROOKSBURY LINE at 232.32 degrees from North would appear to be aligned to the mid-winter sunset. At just over 7 Druid Miles…
St Nicholas Church, Compton
I now turn my attention to one of the most interesting sites – the church of St Nicholas in the village of Compton. The church is mainly Norman in construction with a Saxon tower to the West end. This church is unique in having a two-storey sanctuary above the chancel built in the 12th century….
Whitmoor Barrow Extra Pictures
I have been lucky enough to hitch a ride in a neighbour’s De Havilland Chipmunk. After a tour around the North Downs he asked if there was anywhere special that I would like to see so I took the opportunity to do a few circuits around Whitmoor Barrow as I was intrigued by the possibility…
THE WAVERLEY LINE Re-examined and Refined
A re-examination of the Waverley Line has led me to believe that this alignment could be more precise if I abandoned the notion that Point 251/7 at Merrow Church had to be exactly coincidental to Point 132/4, also at Merrow Church but on the crossing of the Newlands Line. I had…
Guildford Friary to be added under SOUTH LINE
182_3+ Guildford Friary It has always been interesting to me that the site is on the SOUTH LINE, being the central spine of the ten degree alignments, but the actual location of the friary is poorly defined on the Ordnance Survey, shown only as a comment “Site of Friary founded 1275′, therefore the…
To be added to Newlands Corner Barrow on the NEWLANDS LINE
Newlands Corner is a well known beauty spot sitting on the chalk ridge of the North Downs to the south east of Guildford. it enjoyed a brief moment of international fame when the author Agatha Christie disappeared and her car was found abandoned here in 1926. She later turned up in Harrogate having suffered a…
Sherbourne Stone Circle added under ST CATHERINE’S LINE
This circle was mentioned in “The History and Antiquities of Surrey’ by Manning and Bray, 1809 volume 2 page 123 as follows ‘In the field are five stones, three together, the other two a small distance apart. Largest of the three is 10 foot long, 5’8″ wide and four foot four inches out of the…