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A '''Megalithic Yard''' is the diagonal of a rectangle measuring 2 by 1 Remens.<ref name="Ivimy1975">{{cite book|author=John Ivimy|title=The Sphinx & the megaliths, p. 133|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8AN9AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=6 April 2011|date=September 1975|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=9780060121525}}</ref> |
A '''Megalithic Yard''' is the diagonal of a rectangle measuring 2 by 1 Remens.<ref name="Ivimy1975">{{cite book|author=John Ivimy|title=The Sphinx & the megaliths, p. 133|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8AN9AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=6 April 2011|date=September 1975|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=9780060121525}}</ref> |
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The length of the measuring rod used for 145 [[stone circles]] in Britain has been suggested to be one Megalithic Yard of appoximately 827.54 mm.<ref name="Skinner2009">{{cite book|author=Stephen Skinner|title=Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code, p. 104|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gTk9Ol9_MjYC&pg=PA105|accessdate=6 April 2011|date=3 March 2009|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|isbn=9781402765827|pages=105–}}</ref> This suggests that 145 stone circles in [[Britain]] were designed and constructed to an [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] measurement system.<ref name="Ivimy1975">{{cite book|author=John Ivimy|title=The Sphinx & the megaliths, p. 133|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8AN9AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=6 April 2011|date=September 1975|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=9780060121525}}</ref> |
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It was the size of standard [[measuring rods]] used to survey and design 145 [[stone circles]] in [[Britain]]. |
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This has led Professor [[Alexander Thom]] to remark |
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{{cquote|''There must have been a headquarters from which standard rods were sent out but whether this was in these islands or on the Continent the present investigation cannot determine.''<ref name="Thom1976">{{cite book|author=A. Thom|title=Megalithic sites in Britain, p. 43|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Y6p-DwEACAAJ|accessdate=6 April 2011|year=1976|publisher=Clarendon}}</ref>}} |
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Revision as of 16:09, 19 April 2011
A Megalithic Yard is the diagonal of a rectangle measuring 2 by 1 Remens.[1]
The length of the measuring rod used for 145 stone circles in Britain has been suggested to be one Megalithic Yard of appoximately 827.54 mm.[2] This suggests that 145 stone circles in Britain were designed and constructed to an Egyptian measurement system.[1]
This has led Professor Alexander Thom to remark
There must have been a headquarters from which standard rods were sent out but whether this was in these islands or on the Continent the present investigation cannot determine.[3]
References
- ^ a b John Ivimy (September 1975). The Sphinx & the megaliths, p. 133. Harper & Row. ISBN 9780060121525. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ Stephen Skinner (3 March 2009). Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code, p. 104. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 105–. ISBN 9781402765827. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ A. Thom (1976). Megalithic sites in Britain, p. 43. Clarendon. Retrieved 6 April 2011.