Ever since the realisation dawned that Celtic [aka Wheel, Iona and
Atlantean] Crosses depicted the form of the Royal City [Basileia] of Atlantis
as described by Plato [a reminder to the Celts of their lost ancient
"homeland"?], I began to wonder about the meaning of stone circles.
Having seen William Stukeley's reconstruction of Avebury Stone Circle,
dated 1743 [pictured above], I asked myself "what did the complex, when
complete, represent?" The main stone circle enclosed 2 smaller double rings
of stones. The northern one contained "The Cove" [3 stones in an "arrowhead"
formation], while the southern henge centred on "The Obelisk", a 20 foot long
megalith [see below].
There were 4 entrances roughly aligned to the cardinal points of the
compass. From the western one a stone-lined avenue [A} wound south-west to
Beckhampton Long Barrow. From the south entrance a similar feature - "West
Kennet Avenue" [C} - curved south-east to the double stone ring, known as
"The Sanctuary", on Overton Hill [D}. This henge "appears first to have been a round wooden house, used for ritual
purposes at the end of the New Stone Age. Its position was marked by 6
concentric rings of postholes, now marked by concrete pillars. It is
possible that this was not a building but circles of free-standing posts." [Jacquetta Hawkes, The Shell Guide to British Archaeology, London, 1986, pg.
102]
Stukeley said that Avebury, like Stonehenge, had once been a druidic
temple. He believed that it symbolised
While the idea of a Christian Stone Age monument is totally absurd, the
"Holy Serpent" as a concept has more potential. When comparing maps of
South America with Stukeley's image I noticed a striking similarity between
the "Serpent" and the snake-like form of the Andes. The central henge [B}
roughly corresponds with Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, J.M. Allen's location for
Atlantis in Atlantis: The Andes Solution [1998]. Allen found in the
Bolivian Altiplano, says Colonel John Blashford-Snell in the Foreword,
Alternatively, favouring the Platonic Atlantean location, the "snake" was
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge [above water before the last Ice Age 12,000 years
ago], while "The Sanctuary" would've been off the Portuguese coast. Pico
Alto, in the Azores, is said to be a remnant of Atlantis. There are sunken
ruins all along the eastern Atlantic seaboard. Avebury Circle [B] roughly
aligns with the Caribbean. Thus, the Northern and Southern Circles within
the henge may've represented the large islands of Poseidia and Antill(i)a
[the latter shown on some ancient sea maps]. The first, to the north,
encompassed Andros, Grand Bahama, Bimini, and Great Inagua. The visible
remnants of the second, to the south, are the Lesser and Greater Antilles,
hence the name. The "Cove" is not unlike the chevron-like bay in the Yucatan.
Avebury Circle: An Atlantean Map?
By JJ
"a holy snake, the embodiment of the Holy Trinity, with a sacred egg in
its middle."
[Aubrey Burl, Prehistoric Stone Circles, 1997, pg. 24]
"a rectangular plain similar to Plato's description and examined what
appears to be remains of a vast canal complex constructed by a pre-Inca
culture."
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