Lunan D. The Stones and the Stars: Building Scotland's Newest Megalith

Springer, 2013. - 325 pp.
The Glasgow Parks Department Astronomy Project (full title Astronomy in the Parks) ran from March 1978 to the end of December 1979. The Project’s initial brief was to build an astronomically aligned monument in one of the city’s parks, and this was fulfilled with the creation in Sighthill Park, Glasgow, of the first astronomically aligned stone circle in Britain for between 3,000 and 4,000 years. Appropriately, the main phase of planning and construction took a year and a day, as in the best fairy stories, and the circle was completed in its initial form at the spring equinox of 1979, by a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter. Following the change of government in the UK in 1979, work was stopped and four stones remain unused; when the circle was landscaped into the park, the plans were misread, and the profile of the circle was spoiled. Meanwhile, solar observations at the circle revealed insights into the functioning of the ancient sites.
In 2006–2008, observations were made for the first time at a lunar standstill event, adding more insights, and the spread of efficient lighting in the city allowed star observations for the first time. A resurgence of interest in the circle in 2001 and again in 2010 has restarted plans to have it renovated and completed, and the time to tell its story has come.Background to the Controversy
Archaeologists Versus Astronomers.
Now You See It, Now You Don’t.
Ancient Astronomy Around the World.
Archaeoastronomy in the British Isles.
A Stone Circle for Glasgow
Layout and Location.
Selecting the Stones.
Operation Megalithic Lift.
Events on Site.
Archaeoastronomy from the Air.
The Circle, Present and Future.