An Archaeoacoustic Observation on Dartmoor

This short note describes unusual acoustic properties of two stone circles on Dartmoor, southwest England, observed by the authors in October 2010. It is suggested that this observation adds to the increasing number of accounts of acoustic phenomena found in some prehistoric monuments in the British...

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Published in:Time and mind 2011-07, Vol.4 (2), p.189-192
Main Authors: Mortimer, Neil, Pilkington, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
archaeoacoustics
archaeological acoustics
Dartmoor
echoes
Grey Wethers
megaliths
stone circles
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Summary:This short note describes unusual acoustic properties of two stone circles on Dartmoor, southwest England, observed by the authors in October 2010. It is suggested that this observation adds to the increasing number of accounts of acoustic phenomena found in some prehistoric monuments in the British Isles and elsewhere.
ISSN:1751-696X
1751-6978
DOI:10.2752/175169711X12961583765298