Table 1

HEIGHTS NEEDED FOR SUNWHEEL STANDING STONES


Stone #
Location
&alpha
Horizon Elevation
(°)
&Delta
Ground Level
(')
H
Needed Height
(')
 		Actual Height
(')
1 Summer Solstice Sunrise
7°
+0.8'
10.6'
10'
2 Summer Solstice Sunset
3°
-0.8'
7.9'
8'5"
3 North
5°
+0.2'
9.0'
9'1"
4 South
4.5°
+0.2'
8.5'
7'6"
5 Winter Solstice Sunrise
5°
+0.7'
8.5'
8'
6 Winter Solstice Sunset
3.5°
-0.8'
8.5'
7'3"
7 West Portal
2°
-1.1'
7.2'
8'
8 West Portal
2°
-1.1'
7.2'
8'
9 East Portal
7.5°
+0.8'
11.1'
7'4"
10 East Portal
7.5°
+0.8'
11.1'
6'3"

Notes:


A project conceived by Dr. Judith S. Young
Professor of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
e-mail: Judith Young
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Last Update: 7/15/2003