3D models

Monuments rebuilt in three dimensions from their published surveys, every stone and measurement with its source, on the real ground and under the sun, moon and stars of any date and time, so the sunrises, sunsets and moonrises they are said to face can be watched as they happen.

• Stonehenge

  The stones now and as built, under the sun, moon and stars of any date back to the Neolithic.

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• Bryn Celli Ddu

  A passage tomb on Anglesey: the midsummer sunrise shines down the passage into the chamber.

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• Newgrange

  The great passage tomb of the Boyne: the midwinter sunbeam through the roof-box.

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• Calanais

  The stones of Lewis: the moon skimming the hills at the major standstill.

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• Maeshowe, Stenness and Brodgar

  The heart of Neolithic Orkney: the midwinter sunset down Maeshowe's passage.

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• Woodhenge and Durrington Walls

  The timber circles rebuilt from their postholes, facing the solstices.

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• Mousa Broch

  The best-preserved Iron Age tower, whole and in cutaway.

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• Loughcrew Cairn T

  The hilltop passage tomb whose backstone the equinox sunrise lights.

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• Knowth

  The great mound with two passages, east and west, on their measured azimuths.

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• Dowth

  Two tombs on the west; the midwinter afternoon sun enters Dowth South.

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• Carrowkeel Cairn G

  A small cairn high in the Bricklieve Mountains, facing the midsummer sunset.

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• Avebury

  The great henge from the Environment Agency's LiDAR, with its stones as mapped.

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• Silbury Hill

  The largest prehistoric mound in Europe, from the LiDAR ground model.

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• Maiden Castle

  The Iron Age hillfort's ramparts and entrances, from the LiDAR ground model.

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• Uffington White Horse

  White Horse Hill: the hillfort, Dragon Hill and the Manger, from the LiDAR ground model.

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• Glendalough round tower

  An early medieval round tower, from its published dimensions.

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• Kildare round tower

  An early medieval round tower, from its published dimensions.

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• Ardmore round tower

  An early medieval round tower, from its published dimensions.

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• Clondalkin round tower

  An early medieval round tower, from its published dimensions.

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• Brechin round tower

  An early medieval round tower, from its published dimensions.

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• Abernethy round tower

  An early medieval round tower, from its published dimensions.

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• Dun Carloway

  An Iron Age broch, whole and in cutaway, from its published dimensions.

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• Clickimin Broch

  An Iron Age broch, whole and in cutaway, from its published dimensions.

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• Dun Telve

  An Iron Age broch, whole and in cutaway, from its published dimensions.

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• Dun Troddan

  An Iron Age broch, whole and in cutaway, from its published dimensions.

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• Balnuaran of Clava

  Two passage graves and a ring cairn in their stone circles, the passages facing the midwinter sunset.

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