ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader) (07/17/84)
According to Hawkins's "Stonehenge Decoded", the diagonals of the station stone rectangle give sunrise dates approximately one week into February, May, August, and November. These are approximately halfway between solstices and equinoxes, which of course are also marked, so Stonehenge could also be used to divide the year into 8 parts. This alignment was noticed in the early 20th century. Hawkins says that he believes it is a coincidence, with the real purpose of these alignments being to mark extreme positions of the moon. But (my conjecture) if the alignments were used both ways, it could be a reason for the absence of any other intermediate-date markers at Stonehenge. Mark Brader