Measure of Albion: The Lost Science of Prehistoric Britain - Softcover

Robin Heath; John Michell

9780952615156: Measure of Albion: The Lost Science of Prehistoric Britain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0952615150 ISBN 13: 9780952615156

Publisher: Bluestone Press, 2004

The Measure of Albion: The Lost Science of Prehistoric Britain, paperback, x+143pp; b&w frontis; illustrated in b&w; foreword by paul Broadhurst; introduction by john michell; main text arranged into 2 books,( eleven chapters); 6 appendices; index; in pictorial soft card covers; the text contains a small amount of ink and pencil work involving a number of marginal calculations and other markings ( sections of text and calculations being encicled; light to medium shelf wear to covers.

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In this book, two experienced researchers into prehistoric culture have made a remarkable breakthrough in understanding the system by which prehistoric monuments were designed and placed on the landscape. This system, a precision geodetic science, enabled the megalith builders to mark out vast geometric shapes across the landscapes. At key points they erected their magnificent stone temples and markers, whose dimensions and locations encoded their knowledge of the Earth and sky. Key Points: Prehistoric Britons knew the dimensions of the Earth and had undertaken an accurate survey of the British Isles, pre-3000 BC; The major time periods of the Sun and Moon were encoded within their monuments, measures and system of land surveying; This prehistoric system was still being applied in the Middle Ages, and remnants survive today as the English Foot, Nautical Mile and Knot.

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