In the final 1982 issue of New Scientist , Paul Devereux and Robert Forrest relate the history of leys in England. Leys are supposedly the intentional spotting of megalithic sites along straight lines extending several kilometers. Some alignments occur through chance, but several leys seem statistically significant.
Most professional archeologists believe leys to be figments of the imagination of amateurs.
This being so, they must be incensed by the claims made two weeks later in New Scientist . There, stimulated by the earlier report on leys, a retired engineer presented his measurements of the magnetic fields around the Rollright Stones. He maintained that he was able to magnetically detect several converging leys and, in addition, a spiral pattern inside the stone circle. A psychic accompanying him independently perceived the leys and spiral. Psychics, especially dowsers, have long maintained that megalithic sites are the foci of mysterious forces, notably spirals.