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Notes on Ancient British Monuments

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IN my last notes I dealt, amongst other matters, with those circles devoted, as I believe, to the observation of clock-stars. It is from these that dates can be derived when we are sure of the star. I pointed out that we were not sure of the star, which might have been either Arcturus or Capella.

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  1. See NATURE, No. 1987, vol. lxxvii, p. 84, November 28, 1907.

  2. "The Prehistoric Stone Monuments of Britain—Cornwall."

  3. "Antiquities of Cornwall."

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LOCKYER, N. Notes on Ancient British Monuments . Nature 77, 536–538 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/077536a0

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