A hand held Celtic Working Cross

Weighted so that the bottom of the wheel always points to the earths centre, the observer can always measure any angle, from the slope of a hill to the declination of a star.

In this case, the observer is measuring the angle of the rising sun whose angle of ascent can be read directly through the viewing hole in the cross arm.

To measure the angles of the topography is just as simple.

So is sighting along the cross arm and directly reading latitude from a pole star.

Turning the cross on its side allows the observer to triangulate any observation mark.

It is truly a wonderful and unique spherical measuring instrument.

It should be, for it created the Zodiacs and was the instrument of the Wise

A full sized working cross

This is the author measuring the angle of the sun with full size working version of the Celtic cross at a Neolithic standing stone near Kilmartin in the West of Scotland.

This cross will find latitude to a distance of 12 miles using the sun or at night, the pole star.

Not far from this site is the giant Neolithic serpent mound which represents the method of keeping time with the stars.

There is another Serpent mound across the Atlantic Ocean in Ohio, America.

Both mounds were built by Neolithic people who navigated by the stars.

later, in this website, I will discuss the nature of the Serpent and its great significance to our ancestors.

The Serpent was not considered the Symbol of Wisdom for nothing.