Craddock Moor Circle and the Summer Solstice — Archaeoastronomy Cornwall

Sun setting over a distant Brown Willy On summer solstice eve I was able to photograph the alignment between the circle and the setting sun over Brown Willy and the setting sun lines up well with the prominent hill. Even taking into account that in prehistory the sun wouldn’t set in exactly the same position […]

Craddock Moor Circle and the Summer Solstice — Archaeoastronomy Cornwall

Sun and Moon at Boscawen-ûn — Archaeoastronomy Cornwall

By Carolyn Kennett First published in Meyn Mamvro 95 (Spring/Summer 2018) and still can be read in the collected works Watching the Sun Booklet by Meyn Mamvro and Mayes Creative (2021) Boscawen-ûn summer solstice sunset (Credit Carolyn Kennett) During the last few years, in many ways, Boscawen-ûn became a second home to me. While waiting […]

Sun and Moon at Boscawen-ûn — Archaeoastronomy Cornwall