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Long Man of Wilmington

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Chalk hill figure on Windover Hill in the South Downs of East Sussex, England — a 70-meter-tall outline of a standing human figure holding two staves. Conventionally dated to the early modern period (17th c.) on the basis of the earliest written record, but Stuart Mason and other investigators have documented summer-solstice alignment geometry and archaeoastronomical features that argue for substantially earlier origin. The figure's eastern staff aligns with the summer solstice sunrise at construction latitude; the western staff aligns with the winter solstice sunset.

50.8056°, 0.1839°

Look Closer — this site carries open questions: stones heavier than the period's tools could lift; geometry beyond period explanation.
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Summer Solstice Discovery at the Long Man of Wilmington | MegalithomaniaSummer Solstice Discovery at the Long Man of Wilmington | MegalithomaniaHugh Newman / Megalithomania

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