Sunrise alignment on the eve of the Equinox, 22nd September 2006.
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Hazy sunshine streams down the short passage, the beam hitting the backstone is now shaped by the orthostats and lintel in the passage and also the sill stone in the foreground. This arrangement creates a roughly square beam of light that first frames a circular design commonly called a 'sun symbol' on the upper left of the backstone in the rear chamber before widening and elongating to illuminate the whole stone before shrinking again to frame a very similar design on the lower left hand side of the same stone.
Hazy sunshine streams down the short passage, the beam hitting the backstone is now shaped by the orthostats and lintel in the passage and also the sill stone in the foreground. This arrangement creates a roughly square beam of light that first frames a circular design commonly called a 'sun symbol' on the upper left of the backstone in the rear chamber before widening and elongating to illuminate the whole stone before shrinking again to frame a very similar design on the lower left hand side of the same stone.
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