Stonehenge

Additional photographs and plans

Contents of this page:

• Larger versions of graphical illustrations
• Contour plans of Durrington Walls (cf. Fig. 6.10 [p. 95])
• Sunrise over Sidbury Hill (cf. Fig. 7.3 [p. 108])
• Stanton Drew (cf. Fig. B10.2.2 [p. 155])

Larger versions of graphical illustrations

It was not possible to reproduce some of Sharon Soutar’s graphical illustations at full size in the book because of formatting constraints. Click on the thumbnails below to view these at full resolution. Please note that none of them may be reproduced without permission.

Fig. B2.1.1 (p.16)

Fig. B3.2.1 (p. 32)

Fig. B3.2.2 (p. 32)

Fig. 9.8a (p. 143)

Fig. 9.8b (p. 143)

Note that in the version of Fig. B2.1.1 here, “Deneb (Pira‘etea)” has been replaced by “Pira‘etea (Deneb)” for consistency with the other labels.

Contour plans of Durrington Walls (cf. Fig. 6.10 [p. 95])

The following contour plans have kindly been produced from the LiDAR data by Phil Barrett, and reveal subtle details that are not visible in Fig. 6.10, such as the dry valley leading down to the River Avon around which the henge monument was built (see p. 92). Importantly, they also clearly show (towards the top left) the broad rounded hilltop that marks the end of Sightline 2 from Stonehenge (see p. 71 and Figs 7.2a and b). This hill has near 360° views as can be seen in Fig. 4.5—it forms the end of the Lark Hill Ridge. (Because of its extensive radial views, the unnamed hill was nicknamed ‘the panopticon’ by the Stonehenge Riverside Project.)

Note that neither the A345 road on its embankment, nor the old road, have been digitally removed as they have in Fig 6.10. (For how this was done, see here.)

There are three plans, at different contour resolutions (40 cm, 25 cm and 20 cm). In each case, every fifth contour line is colured white while the remainder are coloured red. Click on the thumbnails to view them at full resolution.

40-cm resolution

25-cm resolution

20-cm resolution

Sunrise over Sidbury Hill (cf. Fig. 7.3 [p. 108])

Below is a further picture taken by Matt Leivers of solstice sunrise over Sidbury Hill as viewed from Lark Hill, this time in near-perfect conditions on the morning of June 21, 2024, at the moment when the full sun appeared to be just sitting on the horizon.

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Photo © Matt Leivers

Stanton Drew (cf. Fig. B10.2.2 [p. 155]

Below is a larger version of the picture showing the view south-westwards from the centre of the North-East Circle (Fig. B10.2.2). AC (in red), marking the axis, is highlighted by the yellow arrow. The second picture shows this in close-up. The third picture shows the axis marked in yellow superimposed upon a GoogleEarth image of the site.

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View to south-west

Close-up

GoogleEarth image

Other supplementary on-line materials

Errata and clarifications

All-round horizon profiles

Additional photographs and plans

Technical data

Further references and links