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Thursday, February 17, 2005

 

Stonehenge Aotearoa

"For millennia people have gazed in awe at Original Stonehenge, often totally unaware of how structures such as this were used. Stonehenge Aotearoa will be a full-scale working adaptation of Stonehenge that is intended to inspire New Zealanders young and old, to explore and experience for themselves how technologies of ancient times were used, and still can be used, to give practical and detailed information on the seasons, time and navigation.

Stonehenge Aotearoa is not a replica of the ruin on Salisbury Plain in England. It is a complete and working structure designed and built for its precise location in the Wairarapa. It is however, similar in size to the original Stonehenge. Stonehenge Aotearoa consists of a 30-metre diameter circle of 24 monoliths, capped with lintels. Each monolith rises 3 metres above the ground. The stone circle encompasses a central design incorporating a 5 metre high obelisk, a compass rose, and a 10 metre long analema which traces the Sun's path through the constellations of the Zodiac. Extending from the centre and beyond the circle of stones are 6 causeways with additional stones that mark the rise and set positions of the Sun at the solstices and equinoxes."

Stonehenge Aotearoa

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