Professor Alexander Thom, who died in 1985, was a distinguished engineer. Independently of his 'mainstream' academic career, he developed a deep and active interest in the prehistoric megalithic sites of Britain and Brittany, visiting and surveying many hundreds of them over a period of forty years. Thom's interpretations of the field data have aroused strong interest and some intense controversy. The main areas of debate are: geometry (the methods used to set out the megalithic rings, many of which appear to be non-circular); mensuration (the possible use of 'standard' units of measurement in setting out rings and rows); and astronomy (the connection between structures aligned upon the horizon and the rising and setting positions of the sun, moon or stars).
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Professor Alexander Thom, who died in 1985, was a distinguished engineer. Independently of his 'mainstream' academic career, he developed a deep and active interest in the prehistoric megalithic sites of Britain and Brittany. Thom's interpretations of the field data have aroused strong interest and some intense controversy.
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When my father was born, Queen Victoria was on the throne; the law of the land required a mechanically propelled vehicle to have a man walking in front with a red flag; powered flight was still a dream; the Yukon Trail was known to only a few men; and later feats such as the moon walk and sending probes to visit Halley's comet were mere fantasy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
annotated plan, cup separations, neighbouring cups, recumbent stone circle, hillside sketches, dyeline copy, megalithic rings, megalithic rods, megalithic inch, megalithic man, ringed cups, indicated declinations, cairn circle, chambered cairn, megalithic enclosures, standstill moon, megalithic lunar observatories, minor standstill, lunar lines, megalithic astronomy, main outcrop, outlying stones, stone rows, ring cairn, henge monument Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Professor Thom, Alexander Thom, Long Meg, Mid Clyth, Ring of Brodgar, Oak Bank, Brats Hill, Megalithic Enclosure, Learable Hill, Loch of Yarrows, Bronze Age, Chris Jennings, Brainport Bay, Upper Dounreay, Lake District, Twelve Apostles, Grey Croft, University of Glasgow, Castle Rigg, Dod Law, Festival Hall, Isle of Lewis, Stanton Drew, Girdle Stanes, New Kingdom New!
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When my father was born, Queen Victoria was on the throne; the law of the land required a mechanically propelled vehicle to have a man walking in front with a red flag; powered flight was still a dream; the Yukon Trail was known to only a few men; and later feats such as the moon walk and sending probes to visit Halley's comet were mere fantasy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
annotated plan, cup separations, neighbouring cups, recumbent stone circle, hillside sketches, dyeline copy, megalithic rings, megalithic rods, megalithic inch, megalithic man, ringed cups, indicated declinations, cairn circle, chambered cairn, megalithic enclosures, standstill moon, megalithic lunar observatories, minor standstill, lunar lines, megalithic astronomy, main outcrop, outlying stones, stone rows, ring cairn, henge monument Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Professor Thom, Alexander Thom, Long Meg, Mid Clyth, Ring of Brodgar, Oak Bank, Brats Hill, Megalithic Enclosure, Learable Hill, Loch of Yarrows, Bronze Age, Chris Jennings, Brainport Bay, Upper Dounreay, Lake District, Twelve Apostles, Grey Croft, University of Glasgow, Castle Rigg, Dod Law, Festival Hall, Isle of Lewis, Stanton Drew, Girdle Stanes, New Kingdom New!
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- Megalithic Sites in Britain by A. Thom on 7 pages
- Prehistoric Avebury, Second Edition by Aubrey Burl in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Archaeoastronomy in the Old World by D. C. Heggie on page 29, and Back Matter
- Stonehenge Decoded by Gerald S. Hawkins on page 206, and page 207
- The Lines of Nazca by Anthony F. Aveni in Front Matter, and page 247
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- Understanding the Neolithic by Julian Thomas in Back Matter
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