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The Morien
Institute May 2003 Astro-arch?ology Expedition got underway
on Sunday May 25th., 2003, and will culminate in the ‘annular
solar eclipse’ which will occur at sunrise on Saturday
May 31st 2003 …
Anyone
is welcome to join us, but visitors wanting to find these sites on their
own would be wise to get a copy of the
Landranger Map No.6, which shows the location of most megalithic
sites on the Orkney Islands …
The final
decision on the exact observation point for the eclipse will be made in
situ on the island, but will be either the
Ring of Brodgar megalithic stone circle, or the
Stones of Stenness – if observation of this events is possible
from either of these sites …
This first
day of the expedition was meant to have been devoted solely to finding
the best megalithic observation site on the mainland of Orkney from which
to observe the ‘annular solar eclipse’.
What we hadn’t bargained for was the recovery time from the journey
(it took approx. 11 hours from Bangor, North
Wales to the ferry terminal at Scrabster), which took most
of Monday to get over …
We did manage
to locate local food sources, and spent a little time orientating ourselves
geographically in relationship to the main cluster of megalithic sites
on mainland Orkney. Our ‘base’
for the expedition is at St. Margaret’s Hope, South Ronaldsay, about 35
minutes by car to the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar …
below
are some photos taken on our first day
the expedition team on the ferry to Stromness
the ‘Old Man of Hoy’, Orkney Islands
a cave on Hoy facing southwest
the cliffs of Hoy
spectacular cliffs appear as we pass Hoy
marking the ‘base’ location on the GPS unit
those
interested in joining us there should please phone the numbers below
when you arrive on the Orkney Islands …
Naveed
– 07791 764205
John – 07810
115966
Ichiro – 07833
680818
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