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This photo shows Kidston-Lake, near Halifax. The
arrow points to the approximate location of the dolmen. The dolmen
rests on a natural plattform. It's about a 15 minute walk from a nearby
development.
Update 2009: The future of the dolmen is in jeopardy as developing
companies are buying the land around it. I expect the dolmen to be
destroyed within then next 10 years, especially as archaeologists
steadfastly refuse to acknoledge that the dolmen is man made. Is there
a connection? Nah - that's just a conspiracy theory...
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Like most of the Dolmens in
Nova Scotia, the big roof stone rests on three smaller base stones. I
visited the Dolmen with a Geologist that was my "advesary" on the 5
minute CBC TV presentation. He identified the type of rocks for me. The
roof stone and the two bigger base stones are granit, the small base
stone is a field stone.
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This is the biggest of the base stones. Note that
the pointy end of the stone is on the bottom. The same is true for the
slightly smaller stone in the next photo.
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Here a shot of the smaller base
stone. Like its bigger college it points downwards. The reason I'm
pointing this out is that it is physically extremely unlikely that this
happens in a natural way.
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The diagonal I marked in red marks the longest
side of the Dolmen. It measures 3.70m. This diagonal axis is aligned
exactly in North-South direction just like the Sibley
Rock
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The
arrangement of the Dolmen on the sloped plattform and the different
size base stones results in an angle that makes observing the sky
possible if a person stands on the north side of the Dolmen.
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Here the
size of the Dolmen in relation to a person. |
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This large rock lies 43m away
from the dolmen. It rests on a plattform 7m above the dolmen extremely
close to the edge of the plattform (see next image) |
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I'm
convinced that this boulder sits where it sits because it was placed by
human hand. It was used along with the dolmen for astronomical
observations. And here is why: |
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Please click on the graphic on
the left. A new window will open.
The Dolmen lies on a axis of 132 degrees SSE. If you stand at the main
dolmen and look in the direction of the placed rock that I mentioned
above, the sun rose in the year 3000BC right over the placed stone
during the winter solstice.
Please compare the similarities to the "Big Hill Dolmen". |
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On the
left a group shot during the shooting of the CBC TV segment. |
