# Ruggles 2024: Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun

> Clive Ruggles, Amanda Chadburn, 2024. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for what the astronomy does and does not show.

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# Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun

Clive Ruggles, Amanda Chadburn, 2024. _Liverpool University Press / Historic England_.

The current assessment of the astronomy: the solstitial axis is deliberate and precise, the lunar claims are weak, and Hawkins's observatory does not survive scrutiny.

**Stonehenge** Bookdoi: **[10.2307/jj.12949045](https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.12949045)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for what the astronomy does and does not show.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[A solar temple aligned on the solstices.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/answers/ANS0CRWPNY6024R/a-solar-temple-aligned-on-the-solstices)

Answer

ANS

[Lunar claims are weak and the eclipse predictor is not supported.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPPNM0591/lunar-claims-are-weak-and-the-eclipse-predictor-is-not)

Evidence

EVD

[The solstitial axis is deliberate and accurate to about a degree.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPP603WCJ/the-solstitial-axis-is-deliberate-and-accurate-to-about-a)

Evidence

EVD

[Clive Ruggles](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/people/FIG0CRWP9QJ2E5N/clive-ruggles)

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[Stonehenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Ruggles, C., & Chadburn, A. (2024). Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun. Liverpool University Press / Historic England. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.12949045
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.12949045)

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