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I used three maps - using a star map downloaded from the internet and
putting it over a Google map of Wessex with the end star of the tail of
the Plough ( Ursa Major ) onto Nyland and rotating and resizing it until
the pole star was on Pilton |
 this the first one ( click on it for full size version) |
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Nyland " Nyland used to be called Andrewsey and it is the furthest of the seven holy islands from Glastonbury. John Michell's book New Light of the Ancient Mystery of Glastonbury, includes a chapter on the seven islands and the extraordinary fact that their physical configuration is very similar to that of the seven stars in the constellation of the Great Bear. HERE/  |
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 it was pointed out by Alan Royce that if these seven islands marked out the Great Bear then the end of the tail of the Little Bear - aka the Pole Star - would land on Pilton |
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then I realised I needed a bigger area of Wessex so I redid it with a
map of a less detailed scale |
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that was fine but the stars only went out to the Celestial Equator - so no good for the likes of Scorpius - so I found another star map so this the third one ( click on it for full size ) |
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they don't match up
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- partly because the two star maps use slightly diffent projections but
also perhaps I didnt get them exactly right but they do nearly 8 )..... someone with more patience would probably make a better one hey ho , I got more interested in the stange places it took me ...... |
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