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Some i^otcs on ^vlior HoUj auti oti^n* HoUjs 

 in tijc p^iQlj ^calt. 



By T. Arthur Matthews. 



ANY excellent descriptions of Arbor Low have been 

 published, but a few points, which appear to me 

 of interest, have not, so far as I have been able to 

 ascertain, been noted. 



Arbor Low is about a mile from Parsley Hay Station, on the 

 northerly slope of a hill which rises somewhat to the south, 

 the centre of the " circle " being 1,231 feet above the Ordnance 

 Datum. 



Why was it not placed on the summit ? 



Arbor Low is in latitude 53° io| N. and longitude 1° 455 W. ; 

 Stonehenge is in latitude 51° 11 N. and longitude 1° 49 W. 

 (The latitude and longitude of Arbor Low are taken from the 

 Ordnance map; those of Stonehenge are as given in Stanford's 

 London Atlas.) 



Thus Arbor Low is nearly due north of Stonehenge, and still 

 mere exactly two degrees of latitude to the north. 



The division of the circle into 360 degrees is very ancient ; 

 it was used by Ptolemy in the Almagest, and probably long 

 before his time, so that the double coincidence is noteworthy. 



In the middle of the southern gateway of Arbor Low there is 

 an isolated stone right away from the "circle," broken off, but 

 with the base still in position. This stone is sharply pointed, 

 and is due south of the centre of the " circle." I take it to 

 have been the marker of high noon. This stone is shown on 

 Mr. Gray's plan, but is not numbered. I call it the south 

 pointer. 



