Goseck Circle

  • The Goseck Circle is a Neolithic Circle in Goseck, Germany, constructed around 4,800 BCE, which acted as an Astronomical Observatory.
  • The Site slightly predates another Astronomical Observatory at Nabta Playa in Egypt, built around the same time.

Description

  • The Site consists of a Ditch containing two pallisaded rings.
  • Apertures in the rings were aligned with the winter and summer solstices.

 

Goseck Circle

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