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I am thinking the article might be improved by a paragraph (or two?) about the map that the link refers to. Who drew it? Why? Laurel Bush 15:18, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC).
Thank you. I now know its an OS map, and not the result of an archaeological survey. Laurel Bush 09:24, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Im about to try moving the article to Stone Lud, and to try creating redirects from Lud Stone and Lud stone. Laurel Bush 16:45, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC).
Move etc now done. Laurel Bush 17:00, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The summer-solstice sunset alignment has correspondence with that of Maeshowe, a chambered cairn in Orkney, which is built so that sunlight will penetrate the cairn at the time of the same sunset.
Maeshowe is aligned with the winter solstice sunset not the summer. I don't know about the stone of Lud alignment.
I believe you may be right about Maeshowe. As a sunset bearing, the Lud bearing is definitely summer, not winter. Dont know, however, whether any one has checked it as possibly a winter sunrise bearing.
Laurel Bush
11:10, 16 March 2006 (UTC).
The Stone Lud like most paired standing stones in Caithness is part of a larger Neolithic landscape, within the surrounding area there are several possible burial cairns and possible stone rows which have yet to be fully studied. Until this has happened a full understanding of alignments with astronomical occurrences is not possible.
The Lud is not that unusual in terms of Caithness, there are many single and pairs of standing stones, but is included on many older maps of the area as a means of navigation. The Lud stands on a ridge in an area of open moorland and would have been visible for several miles (if you discount the modern forestry plantation to the west and the 19th century boundary wall next to it still is), it has 18th and 19th century roads (linking both East/West and North South) nearby and this route would have been used for many centuries prior to this.
During the late medieval period the stone lay at the centre of the estate of Bowertower (Bower probably Norse for estate and tower with earlier forms of tour/tor probably referring to the Stone Lud) and from the 17th century it along with its pair was used as the boundary marker between the estates of Bowermadden (probably Maddens, as mentioned in the Orkneyinga Saga, Estate) and Tister (probably the Homestead of the ruins/ old houses)
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I am thinking the article might be improved by a paragraph (or two?) about the map that the link refers to. Who drew it? Why? Laurel Bush 15:18, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC).
Thank you. I now know its an OS map, and not the result of an archaeological survey. Laurel Bush 09:24, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Im about to try moving the article to Stone Lud, and to try creating redirects from Lud Stone and Lud stone. Laurel Bush 16:45, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC).
Move etc now done. Laurel Bush 17:00, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The summer-solstice sunset alignment has correspondence with that of Maeshowe, a chambered cairn in Orkney, which is built so that sunlight will penetrate the cairn at the time of the same sunset.
Maeshowe is aligned with the winter solstice sunset not the summer. I don't know about the stone of Lud alignment.
I believe you may be right about Maeshowe. As a sunset bearing, the Lud bearing is definitely summer, not winter. Dont know, however, whether any one has checked it as possibly a winter sunrise bearing.
Laurel Bush
11:10, 16 March 2006 (UTC).
The Stone Lud like most paired standing stones in Caithness is part of a larger Neolithic landscape, within the surrounding area there are several possible burial cairns and possible stone rows which have yet to be fully studied. Until this has happened a full understanding of alignments with astronomical occurrences is not possible.
The Lud is not that unusual in terms of Caithness, there are many single and pairs of standing stones, but is included on many older maps of the area as a means of navigation. The Lud stands on a ridge in an area of open moorland and would have been visible for several miles (if you discount the modern forestry plantation to the west and the 19th century boundary wall next to it still is), it has 18th and 19th century roads (linking both East/West and North South) nearby and this route would have been used for many centuries prior to this.
During the late medieval period the stone lay at the centre of the estate of Bowertower (Bower probably Norse for estate and tower with earlier forms of tour/tor probably referring to the Stone Lud) and from the 17th century it along with its pair was used as the boundary marker between the estates of Bowermadden (probably Maddens, as mentioned in the Orkneyinga Saga, Estate) and Tister (probably the Homestead of the ruins/ old houses)