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Astronomy and Stonehenge
Clive Ruggles, 1997. Science and Stonehenge, ed. Barry Cunliffe and Colin Renfrew, Proceedings of the British Academy 92: 203-229.
Reviews the astronomical claims for Stonehenge phase by phase against the excavation plans of Cleal et al. 1995. Tables 7 and 8 give the Phase 3 axis and the 'solar corridor' at azimuth 49° to the north-east (declination +24°, midsummer sunrise) and 229° to the south-west (-24°, midwinter sunset), and the Station Stone rectangle's sides at 49° and 116° to 140°. Finds no case for an observatory.
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The azimuth of the solstice axis drawn on the site plan.
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Ruggles, C. (1997). Astronomy and Stonehenge. Science and Stonehenge, ed. Barry Cunliffe and Colin Renfrew, Proceedings of the British Academy 92: 203-229. https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/3920/92p203.pdf
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Ruggles, Clive. “Astronomy and Stonehenge.” Science and Stonehenge, ed. Barry Cunliffe and Colin Renfrew, Proceedings of the British Academy 92: 203-229 (1997).