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Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically ConsideredLockyer, Norman, Sir

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Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered

Name: Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered
Author: Lockyer, Norman, Sir

Lockyer, Norman, Sir

Druids and Druidism; Great Britain -- Antiquities; Stonehenge (England); Sun worship; Temples

=Nineveh=, May temple at, 307.

  =Norwich=, sun-wheel at, 193.

  _Nos Galan-galaf_, 187.

  _Nos Glamau_, 207.

  =November=, festival, 186, 195, 290, 311.

  O.

  =Oak=, contiguous to sacred wells, 216.

  =Obliquity of the Ecliptic=, change of the, 15, 43.

  =Observations=, astronomical and religious, 125, 322.

  =O’Connor=, Dr., 216.

  =Odin stone=, Stenness, 127, 218, 283, 285.

  =Offerings=, at holy places, 222, 318.

  =Onston=, 132.

  =Ordeals=, 247.

  =Ordnance Survey=, 111, 253.

  =Orientation=, first use of, 18.

  =Orionis, α (Betelgeuse)=, 117, 144, 314.

  =Orkney=, 125, 259.

  =Otley=, Mr. Jonathan, 35, 111.

  =Ouseley=, Sir William, 234.

  P.

  =Palenque=, 32, 308.

  =Palæolithic age=, 75.

  =Palm=, at vernal equinox, 211.

  =Palm Sunday=, 184, 211.

  =Panathenæa=, 31.

  =Parallelithons=, 148.

  “=Pardons=,” in Brittany, 198.

  =Parthenon=, 298.

  =Payn=, Mr. Howard, 66, 94.

  =Pegasi=, α and β, 117.

  =Pennant=, tour of Scotland, 206.

  =Penrose=, Mr., 31, 34, 38, 42, 51, 62, 78, 89, 93, 94, 109, 142, 154,
  298, 306, 310, 312, 313, 315.

  =Pentecost=, feast of, 32, 185.

  =Pepi=, 295.

  =Percy’s Northumberland Notes=, 184.

  =Perrott=, Mr., 148.

  =Persia=, rag-offerings in, 234.

  =Petrie=, Flinders, Prof., 62.

  =Pet-ser=, 2.

  =Philpot=, Mrs., 257.

  =Picks=, of deer’s-horn, 78.

  “=Pierre du Conseil=” (Lagatjar), 104.

  =Piers’= Survey of S. Ireland, 182, 229.

  =Pins=, as offerings at sacred wells, 222, 227, 258, 318.

  “=Pipers=, The,” 266, 271.

  =Pitt-Rivers=, General, 235, 236.

  =Plato=, 7.

  =Pleiades=, at British monuments, 153, 273, 274, 280, 290;
    employed by Semites, 247;
    elsewhere, 108, 117, 151, 155, 162, 310, 311.

  =Ploudalmezeau=, monuments at, 100.

  =Ploy-field=, the, at Holne, 196.

  =Pole=, apparent path of stars at the north, 6;
    elevation of the, 9;
    motion of stars, round, 300, 303.

  =Pollux=, _see_ Geminorum.

  =Pompeii=, 312.

  =Pomponius Mela=, 322, 324.

  =Pont l’Abbé=, menhirs at, 105.

  =Portugal=, place-names from wells, 234.

  =Pratt’s flowering plants=, 202, 206.

  =Precession=, effects of, 64, 295.

  =Prestwich=, Prof., 79.

  =Priests=, 316, 317.

  =Processions=, sacred, 319.

  =Ptah=, 29, 31, 298, 304.

  =Pylons=, use of, 55.

  =Pyramids=, building of, 18;
    worship at, 29.

  =Pyrenees=, genii at holy-wells, 234.

  _Pyrus aucuparia_, 201.

  Q.

  =Quicken-tree=, 206, 208.

  =Quiller-Couch=, holy wells, 213, 216, 223, 226, 228.

  =Quoit=, definition of, 38.

  R.

  =Racing=, at festivals, 319.

  =Rags=, as offerings in sacred places, 216, 222, 223, 225.

  =Ram Feast=, at Holne (Dartmoor), 196.

  =Read=, Mr. C. H., 237.

  =Refraction=, effect of, 112, 120.

  =Rent-day=, date of, in Ireland, 30.

  =Rhys=, Prof., 26, 30, 186, 188, 202, 206, 207, 208, 213, 215, 219,
  220, 223, 250, 260, 319.

  =Roddon=, = Rowan, 206.

  =Roll-Rich=, Oxon., 36.

  =Rolston=, Sir. W. E., 120, 122, 290.

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Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically ConsideredLockyer, Norman, Sir

History

Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered

Lockyer, Norman, Sir

Druids and Druidism; Great Britain -- Antiquities; Stonehenge (England); Sun worship; Temples

=Nineveh=, May temple at, 307.

  =Norwich=, sun-wheel at, 193.

  _Nos Galan-galaf_, 187.

  _Nos Glamau_, 207.

  =November=, festival, 186, 195, 290, 311.

  O.

  =Oak=, contiguous to sacred wells, 216.

  =Obliquity of the Ecliptic=, change of the, 15, 43.

  =Observations=, astronomical and religious, 125, 322.

  =O’Connor=, Dr., 216.

  =Odin stone=, Stenness, 127, 218, 283, 285.

  =Offerings=, at holy places, 222, 318.

  =Onston=, 132.

  =Ordeals=, 247.

  =Ordnance Survey=, 111, 253.

  =Orientation=, first use of, 18.

  =Orionis, α (Betelgeuse)=, 117, 144, 314.

  =Orkney=, 125, 259.

  =Otley=, Mr. Jonathan, 35, 111.

  =Ouseley=, Sir William, 234.

  P.

  =Palenque=, 32, 308.

  =Palæolithic age=, 75.

  =Palm=, at vernal equinox, 211.

  =Palm Sunday=, 184, 211.

  =Panathenæa=, 31.

  =Parallelithons=, 148.

  “=Pardons=,” in Brittany, 198.

  =Parthenon=, 298.

  =Payn=, Mr. Howard, 66, 94.

  =Pegasi=, α and β, 117.

  =Pennant=, tour of Scotland, 206.

  =Penrose=, Mr., 31, 34, 38, 42, 51, 62, 78, 89, 93, 94, 109, 142, 154,
  298, 306, 310, 312, 313, 315.

  =Pentecost=, feast of, 32, 185.

  =Pepi=, 295.

  =Percy’s Northumberland Notes=, 184.

  =Perrott=, Mr., 148.

  =Persia=, rag-offerings in, 234.

  =Petrie=, Flinders, Prof., 62.

  =Pet-ser=, 2.

  =Philpot=, Mrs., 257.

  =Picks=, of deer’s-horn, 78.

  “=Pierre du Conseil=” (Lagatjar), 104.

  =Piers’= Survey of S. Ireland, 182, 229.

  =Pins=, as offerings at sacred wells, 222, 227, 258, 318.

  “=Pipers=, The,” 266, 271.

  =Pitt-Rivers=, General, 235, 236.

  =Plato=, 7.

  =Pleiades=, at British monuments, 153, 273, 274, 280, 290;
    employed by Semites, 247;
    elsewhere, 108, 117, 151, 155, 162, 310, 311.

  =Ploudalmezeau=, monuments at, 100.

  =Ploy-field=, the, at Holne, 196.

  =Pole=, apparent path of stars at the north, 6;
    elevation of the, 9;
    motion of stars, round, 300, 303.

  =Pollux=, _see_ Geminorum.

  =Pompeii=, 312.

  =Pomponius Mela=, 322, 324.

  =Pont l’Abbé=, menhirs at, 105.

  =Portugal=, place-names from wells, 234.

  =Pratt’s flowering plants=, 202, 206.

  =Precession=, effects of, 64, 295.

  =Prestwich=, Prof., 79.

  =Priests=, 316, 317.

  =Processions=, sacred, 319.

  =Ptah=, 29, 31, 298, 304.

  =Pylons=, use of, 55.

  =Pyramids=, building of, 18;
    worship at, 29.

  =Pyrenees=, genii at holy-wells, 234.

  _Pyrus aucuparia_, 201.

  Q.

  =Quicken-tree=, 206, 208.

  =Quiller-Couch=, holy wells, 213, 216, 223, 226, 228.

  =Quoit=, definition of, 38.

  R.

  =Racing=, at festivals, 319.

  =Rags=, as offerings in sacred places, 216, 222, 223, 225.

  =Ram Feast=, at Holne (Dartmoor), 196.

  =Read=, Mr. C. H., 237.

  =Refraction=, effect of, 112, 120.

  =Rent-day=, date of, in Ireland, 30.

  =Rhys=, Prof., 26, 30, 186, 188, 202, 206, 207, 208, 213, 215, 219,
  220, 223, 250, 260, 319.

  =Roddon=, = Rowan, 206.

  =Roll-Rich=, Oxon., 36.

  =Rolston=, Sir. W. E., 120, 122, 290.

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