WINDMILL AND SILBURY HILL

37. Windmill Hill, a mile northwest of Avebury, from where Wiltshire's monuments originated.

Archaeologists describe Windmill Hill as a causewayed enclosure. This is misleading because it was where people 3,700 years ago scribed out a massive egg based on the megalithic yard. The largest arc of the egg measures 375 megalithic yards (311.25 m). So, Windmill Hill was a vast geometric experiment that gave rise to the underlying geometry of Avebury's outer ring of megaliths (large stones).

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It was 1926, and the archaeologist Harold St George Gray was excavating the outer ring on top of Windmill Hill when he found a three-inch-long chalk phallus.

This is a letter that Harold St George Gray sent to the Scottish Marmalade millionaire and amateur archaeologist Alexander Keiller.

Quote: Phallus of chalk of a flattened cross-section, the glans penis well defined by a deep encircling groove. Length three and three eights of an inch. Sept 9 1926b. Ref. Windmill Hill notebook Vol 2. P28-29.

So, Windmill Hill had a lot to do with fertility!

No wonder Keiller's curiosity was piqued, causing him to purchase Windmill Hill and rescue it from Marconi, who wanted to build a radio relay station on top of it.

38. Approximately 5,700 years ago, a significant event occurred in the history of human civilisation. Before the iconic Stonehenge was even a thought, the people of Windmill Hill undertook a monumental task. They dug a two-metre-deep ring ditch shaped like a 450-megalithic-yard-long pure white egg. (1225 feet, 373 metres).

This geometric wonder, which could be scaled up or down, was based on circles measuring 375 and 325 diameters with their centres placed 100 megalithic yards apart. The blend radii to these circles were cast from the acute corners of Pythagorean triangles to give a pair of impressive 375 megalithic yard arcs.

Sometime later, this geometry was doubled and transferred to the nearby Avebury, where seventeen monoliths produced a 750 MY radius antenna aimed at the moon. This massive arc can be seen to run between points M and F in Picture 1.

39. The north-western slope of Windmill Hill.

It's well-known that some 50% of Rings A and B ditches slither down the steep slope on its north-western side. Their approximate tracks are illustrated above in white.

There are two reasons for this. One is to bring it in line with a distant notch through which the southernmost moonset enters at Major Standstills. Only by centring the monument as far to the northwest as possible could a 230-degree azimuth be maintained.

The other reason is to aim Ring C - the Yolk - at the Dark Sky.

40. Avebury, shown with a twice-size WH egg.

Our analysis of the geometry of Avebury's outer ring of stones sheds light on the progressive evolution of architectural techniques. The builders' initial attempts, dating back to 3,700 BC, were grand in scale. However, after discovering the cord and sagitta method, their approach was simplified by avoiding drawing arcs from their centre points. Avebury people could now construct a 750-radius antenna with a 244 MY long cord and a 10 MY sagitta.

Professor Alexander Thom’s sharp eye for detail and excellent surveying skills helped him uncover the intricate geometry of Avebury. His work is justifiably recognised for depicting Avebury's image and the effort required to comprehend it. However, it's unfortunate that he failed to notice or chose to ignore the 30:40:50 triangle at its centre.

41. Professor Alexander Thom maintained that some Scottish monuments were aligned on notches in the landscape that looked as if some angry giant had taken an axe to the horizons of his native Scotland. Megalithic Lunar Observatories. A. Thom.

I don't know whether Professor Thom visited the causewayed enclosure that straddles Avebury's Windmill Hill. Still, if he had, he would not have missed this notch, which is almost five miles from the monument, especially since the southernmost moon enters this notch every 18.61 years.

Imagine this: the modern A361 from Avebury to Devizes aligns with this notch and Ring C - the yolk. Vehicles travel this road at night, their headlights illuminating the way. But what if you capture a photo when the extreme southernmost moon sinks into this notch? It's as if cars have emerged from the moon. A truly unique and rare photo opportunity, wouldn't you agree?

Most moon-aligned 'notches' are subtle, as seen above. Others are in your face, like Migdale in Scotland.

Let's discuss Migdale in Scotland. The Time Team was in awe of Migdale's moon alignment while excavating a pair of round barrows. Picture this: an excavated pyramid-shaped artefact of wood with a standing stone that mirrors Avebury's Silbury Hill, perfectly aligned with the conjunction of a mountain slope at the far end of Loch Migdale. The moon descends this mountain during a Major Standstill, completing this breathtaking alignment.

43. Silbury Hill. The hill that stole Stonehenge's crown.

This view displays the outer of three ditches dug. Small, medium and large. The outer ditch shown gives an understanding of the original ground level and confirms that the artificial mound was mainly built from the surrounding chalk soil to place Silbury in the centre of a lake.

The outline of these three ditches remains unknown despite the tunnels and shafts dug through to the centre of Silbury's base. These ditches should not be taken as evidence of a monument being built in stages, like afterthoughts followed by afterthoughts.

In 1776-7, Col. Drax supervised a team of coal miners who drilled a central shaft from its top to bottom, searching for the fabled King Sil's burial site. The miners hoped to find the King wearing his suit of armour and mounted on a horse.

Before reaching the bottom of the shaft, Drax's miners encountered a perpendicular void, about six inches in diameter, which extended to the bedrock and the base of Silbury, nearly 40 feet below. This void was the only remaining testimony to an oak post that once stood there. The post, which had rotted away was placed upright to ensure that Silbury's centrepoint was kept truly accurate as the mound gradually rose in height.

This post was precisely placed to ensure that Silbury Hill was constructed in its designated location. The circular platform at the top, acknowledged to be the same 36 MY diameter as Stonehenge, is within one metre of its proper position.

Silbury Hill, a testament to human ingenuity competed against Stonehenge. It was also pitted against the "Super circuit," a recent discovery of several deep pits encircling Durrington Walls.

Stonehenge, it seems, was not one to be outshone!

One more thing: if archaeologists found something of real importance at Silbury's base, they will not tell us about it! After all, a beguiling mystery is a good deal more fascinating than the humdrum truth.

44. The hypothesis.

There was a time when this view from Avebury's Sanctuary was very different from that seen here. People building the Sanctuary in those days would have noted that the slope leading down from the peak of Cherhill Hill was clear and unobstructed.

Furthermore, Avebury’s early residents were acutely aware that Cherhill Hill had been crucial in aiming Avebury’s equinoctial egg at Cherhill Hill’s northern slope and realised this fabulous hill offered scope for further potential.

So, Avebury folks built Silbury Hill at a specific height and location to create an astronomically aligned notch in the horizon.

This notch was designed to capture the sun at sunset so it could rest on top of Silbury and illuminate its lake with an immense searchlight effect.

The moon could hardly fail to be impressed by this brilliant piece of Neolithic theatre and be compelled to join him in astronomical intercourse like she did when she was seen to enter the long barrow of Gussage St Michael 3 from the Bokerley Down Terminal at the northern end of the six-mile-long Dorset Cursus.

45. For clarity, the changing levels between the Sanctuary and the peak of Cherhill Hill are exaggerated ten times in the vertical plane. The graph clearly indicates that Silbury was not built piecemeal stage by stage, but its final height was predetermined.

Here are some thoughts on what lies beneath Silbury Hill.

Stonehenge's 56 Aubrey Holes dedicated the monument to the moon from the beginning. However, whilst Stonehenge followed the 10-degree rule, the sun did not.

The four major standstills of the moon on a flat and level horizon in Wiltshire align closely to the 10-degree rule with azimuths of 40, 140, 220, and 320. These alignments will be the focus of intense archaeological research around Xmas 2024, particularly regarding Stonehenge's Station Stones.

Those who set up the stone rows leading into and out of the Avebury Henge took full advantage of the moon's accuracy. Also, with its moon antenna, the Avebury henge is deemed female.

People of the Stone Age were fascinated with geometry and astronomy and combined the two many times. Silbury Hill is geometric, too, with several triangles travelling from top to bottom. But just how many triangles there are is subject to debate. One thing seems inevitable: its geometry was scribed onto the chalk base before any construction could begin. This geometry was given permanence with timber fencing.

46. A likely scenario. Avebury folks first scribed a 200 Megalithic Yard circle and scribed a north-south line through it. Next, it was divided into nine equal segments to make a Nonagon. These 40-degree divisions simulate the extreme moonrises and sets.

Unfortunately, a Nonagon provides only two major standstill positions—those seen on either side of the south. For this reason, we have split a couple of triangles in half to give respect to the northernmost moonrise and moonset. Thus, Silbury now has eleven sides and is a better match to the actual.

One thing is sure: This geometry was decided from the very start. And because of its moon-respecting geometry, Silbury Hill is female!

47. The Palisades straddle the River Kennet a little way downstream from Silbury Hill.

This image is based on a photo taken from the top of the West Kennet long barrow.

Built from 5,000 oak posts held up with sarsen boulders and the bones of 5,000 specially bred piglets.

CAD proves there were more arcs of different sizes in this structure than you can shake a stick at! There was only one reason for so many arcs of different sizes: to imbue the river with a spirit of growth and pass it downstream to the Marlborough Mound.

The vast number of nine-month-old piglets- like those at Durrington Walls- also imbued the river with the essence of life.

Then, they set fire to it.!

What looks like a mound, seen coloured red, was named Silbaby by someone until it was proved to be natural. It was probably made from the spoil cast out from roadmaking. There is a spring at Silbaby's base, along with the more famous 'Swallow Spring,' which feeds the river Kennet.

48. The idea that Avebury’s Palisades represent testes may seem ridiculous until we consider the circles of Beaghmore in Ireland. If Beaghmore’s circles aren’t testes, I don’t know what is.

This image has been taken from my out-of-print 2007 book “Stonehenge Secrets. 1SBN 978-0-9553012-1-6

This is the text from Stonehenge Secrets….

Bronze Age man was well aware of the potential of at least six different forms of life and used them all from time to time, and sometimes all together. A list of these life-giving entities would include the life forces of animals, and humans too – what you might call the spirits of the dead. They also used seeds of barley and wheat, eggs - sometimes made of stone, the womb, semen, sun and moonlight, and phallic symbols of both sexes. With such a vast arsenal of weapons at their disposal, it is hardly surprising that they were able to build so many different and unique monuments

At Beaghmore, the perfectly circular cairns, which I have shown in red, were equipped with at least one of these forms of life – that of humans. Also, in one of the cairns was found a Porcellanite axe-head. We don’t hear much about these beautiful black axe-heads from County Antrim, but these carefully fashioned artefacts were exported to places as far away as present-day London and Aberdeen.

With most circles aimed at the major standstill, or perhaps simply inside the moon-arc, Irish Beaghmore proves the moon to be a lady. The product of these cairns is about to be ejectaculated (you won’t find this word in the dictionary) into space on their way to the moon.

Two of the rows leaving the small circles and cairn on the right aim at the sun with a third perhaps aiming at a star.

So, there are no prizes for guessing the meaning of this perfectly preserved monument: I am very surprised that no-one seems to have guessed it before. (Oh, come on now, someone must have done.)

I have just finished reading Aubrey Burl’s book ‘Circles of Stones,’ and several monuments that he mentions are of great interest to me, Beaghmore in particular, very nearly tells it all. Not being able to reproduce Burl’s plan view of Beaghmore, here, I refer the reader to page 82 of Aubrey Burl’s book. The early Bronze Age people who arranged the stones at Beaghmore were quite capable of building perfect circles, as is proved by the perfectly circular burial cairns. The less than perfect, larger circles of stones, were therefore meant to be less than perfectly circular. So, what ball-shape can we think of, that is less than perfectly round?

Beaghmore proves that Bronze Age man understood the moon to be female by trying to make her pregnant. The cairns at this site were obviously intended to be sun seeds. This has obvious implications for all other cairns, and round barrows as well, perhaps.

Fortunately for archaeology, Beaghmore remained protected beneath a peat bog until discovered by peat diggers who recognised its archaeological value. Beaghmore was constructed using mainly small stones and was simply a way of making a drawing upon the ground. Small stones like these would normally have been taken away a long time ago for the construction of dwellings, walls, and roads, etcetera, and gives an idea of what really happened to most of our English monuments. I do not know of any similar monument as vulnerable as Beaghmore that has stood the ravages of time so well. But once we accept the idea of a moon, pregnant with a baby sun, as a viable hypothesis, it will open up a whole new world of meaning for our stone age monuments and will allow what was once regarded as incredible fantasies to be the truth.

The beaker peoples wish to give birth to a baby sun, is the only hypothesis that fits all the known facts.