In my recent post The Mystery Of The Three Hurlers Stone Circles I mentioned that there is a theory that the three circles mirror the belt of the constellation of Orion.
It is also claimed that Thornborough Henge, Yorkshire, has also been deliberately laid out to mirror Orion’s Belt. See how the middle circle is slightly off centre as is Orion's Belt.
From what I have researched the circles of Hornborugh Henge were constructed around 3000 BC so this would make them older than the Hurlers on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.
Dr Harding an expert on this sort of thing is quoted as saying, "Thornborough was a sacred landscape, a place of religious worship, and we should try to interpret these astronomical orientations within that context.
This astronomical association was emphasised by the banks of the Henges being coated in brilliant white gypsum. Neolithic people surely felt they were at the centre of the very cosmos as they worshipped the heavens above."
Going back to Hornborough Henge this was an important ritual centre, going back as far as 4000 BC, for the Neolithic residents before the Henges were constructed.
So did different ancient groups of people pick on Orion purely as a calender or is there something much deeper associated with the alignments? For example, the Egyptians associated the god Osiris with Orion.
Osiris is/was god of the dead and the Afterlife - and also of rebirth and fertility. Is this a possible connection?
And just to throw in one more thing, this time about the Hurlers, these just happen to be on what it known as St. Michael's Ley Line.
I have no real answers as yet! But I feel there is something that the experts are missing. Perhaps a Time Machine would help!
Further Reading: The Mystery Of The Three Hurlers Stone Circles
