Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site shark.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd70!fortune!hpda!hplabs!tektronix!orca!shark!hutch From: hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) Newsgroups: net.sci Subject: Re: New Answers to Mysteries of Stonehenge Message-ID: <850@shark.UUCP> Date: Mon, 25-Jun-84 12:23:51 EDT Article-I.D.: shark.850 Posted: Mon Jun 25 12:23:51 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 28-Jun-84 05:47:51 EDT References: <130@bonnie.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 25 The ditch==level idea seems familiar to me; I vaguely recall reading it in the "Crystal Caves" series by Mary Stewart. A copy of Stonehenge was built in Maryhill, Washington, back in the days just past WW1. The circle was believed at the time to have been an altar used by the Druids for human sacrifices. The railroad magnate Sam Hill (NOT the origin of the saying "what in sam hill"; that saying predates his birth by several years) was greatly impressed by Stonehenge, and being a devout man, decided to build a monument to the young men who were still dying on the altars to the god of War. Maryhill is located in the "perfect" zone along the Columbia Gorge, a place where the rainfall and sunshine balance out to give very fine climate for growing fruit and produce. The original town was built up on the sides of the gorge, near Concretehenge, but it burned several years later and the town down by the river is all that's left. There is also the Maryhill Museum, which has some really incredible things. Concretehenge is NOT correctly set up astronomically, but you CAN see a fine sunrise-lit Mt Hood and at the right times of year, it will set over Hood. Hutch