Here is an idealized sketch of a marker pile site: the piles are almost evenly space and lie along lines which lead uphill to a high elevation horizon. At an actual site there may be dozens of the these lines of sight. Some other features which occur at marker pile sites are
- aperture piles
- lines which lead to a ledge with a quartz rock on the ledge
- prayer seats
Here is an example from Stow.
And here is a view uphill to the east at The Hill of 500 Cairns.
2 comments :
I forgot about moon events. Wish someone would step up and do the archeo-astronomy here.
I like this graphic. It says more than 1,000 words - although I admit I haven't tried the words.
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