One of about 900 megalithic circles in the British Isles. The largest stones weigh 50 tons, and were transported from many miles away. Viewed from the center, the sun rises over the heel stone at the summer solstice. He claimed that it could also be used to predict eclipses. Click here to see information on Stonehenge from the book How the Shaman Stole the Sun .
Window allows light to enter at sunrise on the first day of winter.
American Indian alignments Sun Dagger See video by this name. Anasazi Indians of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico constructed a spiral rock carving on Fajada Butte. At noon on the summer solstice, a dagger of sun penetrates the center of the spiral. On the autumnal equinox, a sun dagger passes through the center of a small spiral on the left, and another passes on the edge of the large spiral. At the Winter Solstice, a big sun dagger passes on either side of the large spiral.