-------------+-------------------+-----------------------------+ | Position. | | Monument. +---------+---------+ Alignment. | | Lat. N. | Long. W.| | -------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------+ I. | | | | | | | | Boscawen-un |50° 5′20″| 5°37′ 0″|Circ. to Stone Cross | | | | | Merry Maidens|50 3 40 | 5 35 25 |Circ. over the “Pipers” | | | | | II. | | | | | | | | The Nine |50 28 20 | 4 54 30 |Direction of Nine Maidens row| Maidens | | | | | | | | Stripple |50 32 51 | 4 37 35 |Centre to N.E. bastion | Stones | | | | -------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------+ -------------+------------+------+-------+---- Monument. | Az. |Hills.| Decl. |Date | | | N. |B.C. -------------+------------+------+-------+---- I. | | | | | | | | Boscawen-un |N. 43°15′ E.|2° 7′|29° 36′|2250 | | | | Merry Maidens|N. 38 26 E.|0 20 |29 58 |2100 | | | | II. | | | | | | | | The Nine |N. 28 0 E.|0 0 |33 47 |1480 Maidens | | | | | | | | Stripple |N. 26 0 E.|0 22 |34 38 |1320 Stones | | | | -------------+------------+------+-------+---- At the Merry Maidens, however, with nearly a sea horizon, when Arcturus ceased to be circumpolar and rose in Azimuth N. 11° 45′ E., it replaced Capella, and was used as a clock-star after 1600 B.C.