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 stuck to this idea because both points have a remarkable accuracy with the Druid Mile (DM), Point 132/4 being four DM on the 132-degree line from the base point of Whitmoor Barrow, and 251/7 being three DM from East Clandon Church. A plan of this church from a local history website shows the outline of the original eleventh-century building. If the centre of this structure is taken as the revised start to the alignment (nothing is currently found to the east) and the termination is taken as the centre of the Monk’s Choir within the nave of Waverley Abbey, then the accuracy of the alignment through six points becomes astonishingly precise. There is a slight change in the angle from grid north at 251.50 degrees to 251.53. This has the effect of moving the line from just outside the buildings of East Clandon Church and Merrow Church to the centre of the structures. I have redrawn the site plans of these six points and revised the respective overall plan and datasheet.
SCALE PLAN OF THE WAVERLEY LINE
WAVERLEY LINE DATA Revised March 2016
The code is the degrees from North (refined to 251.53) followed
by the distance in Druid Miles (DM) from the base point 251/1
Code Easting Northing Site
251/1 509136 152775
251/2 508096 152427
251/3 507054 152080
251/4 506013 151732 East Clandon Church
251/5 504973 151384
251/6 503931 151036
251/7 502891 150689 Merrow Church Intersects line 132
251/8 501849 150341
251/9 500808 149993
251/10 499767 149646
251/10+ 499477 149546 Guildford Friary Intersects line 182
251/11 498726 149298
251/12 497685 148950
251/13 496644 148602
251/14 495603 148255
251/15 494562 147907
251/15+ 493901 147686 Frowsbury Barrow Intersects line 293
251/16 493521 147559
251/17 492478 147211
251/18 491439 146864
251/18+ 491153 146769 Hillbury Hillfort Intersects line 266
251/19 490398 146516
251/20 489357 146168
251/21 488316 145821
251/22 487274 145473
251/22+ 486788 145310 Waverley Abbey 14 DM from Whitmoor Barrow
251/23 486234 145125
251/24 485192 144777
251/25 484151 144430
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I thought you might find these videos interesting because they show that you can extend your Waverly line to St Lawrence’s Church at Effingham.
I did look for indications that it went East from there and found nothing.
I think that the line goes on to the Hogs Back at its highest point on the ridge and certainly through Waverly Abbey and on to Winchester and Merdon Castle.
I looked at the site of the old Cathedral in Winchester which looked like a reasonable fit. I also concluded that Winchester was founded on the line of a pre existing road which is suggested by the position of the East Gate.
Because I am a scientist and an Engineer I am looking for roads marked by lines of Churches so I have been looking at old Churches between Puttenham and Winchester but also with my engineers hat on thinking if I was on the team building this which way would I make it go? How would I survey it in? What effect would it have on the surrounding countryside. Why was it built?
I have become more persuaded that there were long straight paths or tracks in England before Caesar and his army landed and so stars must have been used to create such long alignments.
I did read about Mr Watkins I think in around 2013 and must confess to writing a gentle, slightly humorous but respectful article on “Horsley’s Ley Line” for one of the local society’s magazines. Certainly the Hogs Back, Friary, Effingham Line does meet all his criteria.
Thanks again for posting the plan of The Friary. Can I use it in my next video which will be about how this ancient road influenced the laying out of Guildford in the 8-900s AD which was a very early planned Saxon town.
Wishing you every success,
Jhill96535 ATaolDOTcom
Hello Jon, Thank you for your interest in my site. It is the result of countless hours of work since 1970. At the moment I am trying to get my head around creating links to make navigating easier. I am now 82 and don’t think it will ever be finished. You are of course free to use any text, photos, or plans in your next video. I like your videos on YouTube and there seems to be useful data which may tie in with my stuff. Hopefully we can stay in touch although I now have a problem with ‘brain fade’ and fear my days of researching are limited. Best wishes, Mike.