CALLED CASTLE HILL. 341 
POSITION OF THE CHAMBER. 
There seems something remarkable in the posi- 
tion of the circular chamber, in which the animal 
matter was found. If the circular are of this 
cavity be bisected, the bisecting line will point 
nearly to the position of the sun, at three o’clock 
in the afternoon; and, therefore, this line will 
nearly indicate that time of the day, at the sum- 
mer solstice, when the heat of the sun is greatest, 
and when, therefore, it would be supposed, that 
the sun’s influence was greatest. Now, Mr. 
Whitaker, in his History of Manchester, vol. 2, 
pages 182 and 184, informs us, that the Druids 
were Astronomers; and, that the sun was wor- 
shipped in Britain. It seems, therefore, that, in 
the construction of the circular chamber, at 
Castle hill, particular regard had been paid to 
the sun’s influence. 
RIDGE ON THE CREST OF THE HILL. 
It is also remarkable, that the exact form, and 
vertical position, of the circular chamber is indi- 
cated by a ridge on the crest of the hill. This 
was first noticed by Mr. Mercer; and, this was 
also an additional reason, why the tunnel was 
driven, from the bottom of the shaft, towards the 
south. 
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