Graph 2: Simulation of East Anglia moat alignments

A scale model of John Michell’s East Anglia moat alignments, except that the ‘moats’ are here fixed by random number tables. 

The alignments of the simulation are in close agreement with the theory of Appendix 1

The simulation also presents other ley features:

(a) Two ley points can determine more than one ley – e.g. two leys pass through P1P2.  Ditto P1P3 and P4P5.  Cf. Figs. 2 and 3(b) in the Introduction.  Cf. also pp. 42–43 of Paul Screeton’s Quicksilver Heritage, where two leys, H and I, both pass through West Middleton Church and Low Dinsdale Church.  These churches are about 1.2 miles apart, and the angle between the leys in question is about 1°. 

(b) P and Q mark two parallel leys. 

(c) R marks what a ley hunter would call an important ley centre.  It has three leys of order 4 running through it and one ley of order 3. 

(d) S and T mark what a ley hunter might call ley centres with no indication of an ancient site on the map.  That is, three or more leys meet here, but there is no simulated ley point at the intersection.  Field work is occasionally suggested for sites such as this. 

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Simulation of East Anglia moat alignments