As will be clear by the end of our postings on Avebury Henge Stone #9, a megalith which was re-erected in 1938 by Alexander Keiller, the now henge-outward "face" side should have been set henge-inward, and the now henge-inward "face" side should have been set henge-outward. Also the narrower right and left "sides" of the stone are thus also to be reversed in their direction, i.e the stone must be turned 180°.
In his era, of course, there was no way for Keiller to have known which side faced which way except through the original socket for the stone still present in the chalk underground, but that may have been ambiguous "either way".
Our photographs below of the four sides of Avebury Stone #9 were taken on an overcast day, September 13, 2005, i.e. in weather which was not conducive to "artsy-craftsy" types of photos such as fill the Archaeology books. Rather, we were lucky that the overcast and partly rainy weather eliminated solar-caused shadows and permitted a no-nonsense photography of just the stones, without "artificial" aesthetic considerations. Only the STONES count here, not the "beauty" of the picture. Let's go!
We first show simply The Two Faces and Two Sides of Avebury Stone #9.
Photo 1 of Avebury Stone #9
The Current Henge-Outward Face Which Should be Henge-Inward
Photo 2 of Avebury Stone #9
The Current Henge-Inward Face Which Should be Henge-Outward
Photos 3 and 4 : The Two Sides of Avebury Stone #9 Which Should Be Rightly Reversed by a 180° "Turn" of the Stone
This "side" currently faces left when seen from the inner part of the henge.
As we shall demonstrate, it must face Avebury Stone #10 (here in the background) and not Stone #8.
The "side" seen below currently faces right as seen from the henge inside out.
As we shall demonstrate, it must face Avebury Stone #8 and not Stone #10.
Have you spotted some carved figures on the stone above?
Welcome to the club!
We now proceed to do some amazing things with the above photographs.
Go to the next posting.