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Ancient astronomical marker in England

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The 4,000-year-old stone is triangular in shape and angles up toward geographic south. Its orientation and slant angle are aligned with the altitude of the sun at midsummer, researchers said.

And new evidence shows that there are packing stones around the base of the 7.2-foot tall (2.2-meter) monolith, indicating that it was placed carefully in its location and position, they added.



http://www.space.com/15050-ancient-monolith-astronomical-marker.html
 
There are many of those kind of stones in England. Some have holes in that align with the sun or moon.
 
But you don't have stones like these....



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http://www.ancientmysteries.eu/index-eng.html
 
Are we having a my rock is better than your rock competition?
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I've seen loads of them around.... Climbed a bit on a few of them as well..... XD
 
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