Timothy Darvill, a professor at UK Bournemouth University, is recently famous for his solar-only Stonehenge solar calendar theory. This writer puts that theory to the test!
Archeologists have long speculated that the prehistoric stone circle, known as Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, was a sort of astronomical calendar because of its perfect alignment with the midsummer and midwinter solstices. However, they have struggled to determine how the calendar worked. Now, Professor Timothy Darvill of the Bournemouth University, UK, may have finally solved the mystery. The expert believes the 2,500-year-old neolithic monument served as a solar calendar for the local residents.
When it comes to Stonehenge, we are like children continually asking why and never getting a conclusive answer. There are plenty of theories as to its purpose, ranging from the ludicrous to the dull, but perhaps we would be better off concentrating, as in this excellent book, more on how our ancestors got the stones
The sarsen stones of the Stonehenge monument could have been designed as a calendar to track a solar year, with each of the stones in the large sarsen circle representing a day within a month