Wirral Stonehenge Aligned With Moel Famau

Over here where I live on Wirral we’re privileged to have Ness Botanical Gardens that are managed by Liverpool University. The Liverpool Daily Post recently reported that an archeologist named John Hill has recreated the world famous Stonehenge in the park grounds and used two visible landmarks. Mr Hill says:

We have carefully orientated the henge so it incorporates a number of important astronomical alignments.

We have also aligned the henge towards the direction of a special ‘notch’ on the horizon between the two Welsh mountains of Moel Famau and Moel Arthur.

But I did that by observing the midday sun, not through years of studying the stars.

The north Wales coastline and inland is easily viewed from West Wirral of course, although Ness is much closer to sea level and not as good as the better viewing points such as Caldy Hill.

If are visiting anywhere Ness then do pay a visit to Ness Gardens (no dogs allowed) as they really are well maintained and well stocked.