Hi Don.

There is no such thing as a megalithic yard. It was a figment of Thom's immagination, probably due to the fact he had a nationalist's emotional reaction to the new metric system being introduced. This caused him to search for evidence that the older foot and yard system in the UK was somehow indigenous or ancient, when it isn't.

The people who built the stone circles were in all probability an analogue culture. They didn't need to count or measure or used calendars, because they could see how far through the year they were by seeing where the sun rose on the horizon.

The Egyptian Cubit on the other hand was real and widely used, and was the world's first linear measurement standard. That is why square fields developed in Egypt - because they could be set out and measured with ease.

There were no square fields in the Neolithic or Bronze Age UK.

Dave Light



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/01/2009 05:31AM by Dave L.