So I was standing in the north field of Lochbrow last week, daydreaming when I should have been augering, and wondering why the weather always had to be wet and windy, and I realized that every time the sun came out in the afternoon, a rainbow appeared over the termination of the timber cursus.
So I immediately decided that that was why the cursus had been constructed. The Neolithic people of Dumfries and Galloway loved rainbows, so they built a monument in its honour. See, the cursus even curves like a rainbow*:
What's more, it was the equinox, so that was further confirmation. My archaeoastronomical speculations were pretty much bulletproof. After speaking to some archaeologists in the pub last night, they agreed** with me. It is clear that all prehistoric sites in the world were built to honour curving beams of drizzle-refracted light.
So just in case anyone overheard our conversation and thinks about trying to claim archaeorainbology as their own - hands off! This may be 'uncontrolled speculation bordering on lunacy' but it is my uncontrolled speculation bordering on lunacy. You go and think up your own.
*It also looks a bit phallic, but that's another theory entirely and not one I shall sully this highly reputable blog with.
**I didn't give them much opportunity to reply, so this may not be true.
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| An afternoon rainbow at Lochbrow. |
So I immediately decided that that was why the cursus had been constructed. The Neolithic people of Dumfries and Galloway loved rainbows, so they built a monument in its honour. See, the cursus even curves like a rainbow*:
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| A Lochbow is like a rainbow but more Scottish. |
What's more, it was the equinox, so that was further confirmation. My archaeoastronomical speculations were pretty much bulletproof. After speaking to some archaeologists in the pub last night, they agreed** with me. It is clear that all prehistoric sites in the world were built to honour curving beams of drizzle-refracted light.
So just in case anyone overheard our conversation and thinks about trying to claim archaeorainbology as their own - hands off! This may be 'uncontrolled speculation bordering on lunacy' but it is my uncontrolled speculation bordering on lunacy. You go and think up your own.
If only the cursus-builders had used some rolling stones,
then we'd have had a permanent monument to rainbows.
*It also looks a bit phallic, but that's another theory entirely and not one I shall sully this highly reputable blog with.
**I didn't give them much opportunity to reply, so this may not be true.
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