The Bodmin Moor Zodiac is a twelve-mile circle of astrological signs made from roads, footpaths, field boundaries, china clay works, water channels and other geographical features.
These are computer enhanced images taken from aerial photographs of the individual signs.
The Michael-Mary Line intersects at the Cheesewring with St Michael's Mount, Glastonbury Tor & Avebury & is connected to Beltane and Llughnasad (Lammas) The Solstice Line drawn here connects Rough Tor road with Cheesewring, Brown Willy with Tintagel Island (birthplace of solar King Arthur), and is the line of sunrise/sunset at Summer Solstice.
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Over the course of a year, Nigel Ayers sequentially explored the outlines of the zodiac figures perceived and plotted on large-scale maps and aerial photographs of the moor. For an account of his explorations, read his book The Bodmin Moor Zodiac.
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