Alignment

The alignment of Stonehenge in England was made so that on the morning of Midsummer day, when the sun is at the northernmost of the year, the sun is rising over the Heel Stone and the sun's rays in a straight line into the interior of the building, between the horseshoe arrangement, invaded.

It is unlikely that this orientation is accidentally revealed. The northernmost point of the rising sun is directly dependent on the geographic latitude. Thus the alignment is correct, it must have been calculated for the latitude of Stonehenge 51 ° 11 'accurately or determined by observation. This precise alignment must have been fundamental to the plan of the facility and the placement of the stones in at least some of the phases of Stonehenge. The heel stone is now interpreted as a part of a solar corridor that trimmed the sunrise.

Stonehenge may have been used among other things, to predict the summer and winter solstice and the vernal and autumnal equinox, and thus the important seasonal turning points. Priest-Kings might use this knowledge to ensure the survival of the hard-working people in agriculture, since it depended on sowing and harvesting. Stonehenge was a kind of calendar, and eventually was used to predict the different seasons based on the positions of the sun and moon to the earth.

According to latest research results here over the moon appear to have played a far greater role than previously thought. Stonehenge may have been a religious meeting place. The political power was possibly in the hands of the people revered priest.