There are stone circles among other archaeological ancient peoples too, however, in fact, we hae some by Indienous people in North American. These too are presumed to be astronomical measurement devices.
Another shared archaeological structure is the mound burial. there are a few excellent documentaries on mound structures in the American midwest.
The Secret in the Stones made the connection between burial and astronomical purposes as wwell as spiritual connections and religious rituals and one thing that one of the observed which I have never heard before was that he surmises that ancient Irish peoples moved away from mound burials toward the large standing stones as in England's Stonehenge in a religous move away from earth worship to sky worship.
Unfortunately by the time I found and got through the first episode, part 1 of the documentary, it was my bedtime and so I will finish the documentary tonight.
Each year at St. Patrick's Day, I celebrate with a book, a movie, and sometimes by sharing some family history. Over the years, but not this year, I have sent my daughter cards with information about her ancestral name L A V I N E A, which came from Ireland with Lavinia Johnson, about 5 generations ago. The Lavinia of that arrival lived in Philadelphia with an extended family that included names like Gallagher, Welsh, Adams and McQuiston (which was our maternal line - Scots Irish, as my great-aunt Lavinia Lyons often emphasized!). So if you are Irish in part, in whole, or simply in interest, I wish you top of the morning and a wind at your back!
Happy St. Patrick's Day and many more of them to come, Happy Trails (over land or water or time) Jo Ann wrightj45@yahoo.com
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