Melvadius Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Something that may interest people is the Maes Howe Webcam in Orkney, which can be used to observe the winter solstice from this Neolithic site at the following link: http://www.maeshowe.co.uk/index.html There is also a link from this site to the Newgrange Webcam which will have a live stream beginning at 8:30am (GMT) on 21st to 22nd December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 That's rather cool! Do you know if there's anything like this for stonehenge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted December 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 That's rather cool! Do you know if there's anything like this for stonehenge? Not that I know of. The one obvious problem is that umpteen thousand 'New Age': Travellers, Druids, etc. mill around Stonehenge at summer, which would probably cause major disruption to any Webcast then and it has never really geared up to emphasising its Winter Solstice aspect, although some people do attend then. As far as I am aware however, the major problem is that key elements of the structure have collapsed, which would be needed for properly observing either Solstice, unlike at Maes Howe and Newgrange where they have survived being parts of the more solid cairn structures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Very interesting. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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