Back in the 1960's Gerald Hawkins,attached to the Smithonian Institute, was intrigued by observations taken at Stonehenge concerning lunar alignments. Asking IBM, the computer giant, Hawkins wondered if computers could map out alignments going back into the past. He discovered hundred of correspondances. Naturally the nascent science of Archeoastronomy comes up for criticism from the more well established fields of science and more than one comment has been the overwhelming preponderance of correspondances in the sky. However, astute researchers are keen to point out that these correspondances are narrowed down in relation to terrestrial landmarks, contemporaneous cultures and timelines established usually by the archeological sciences. The idea of being open minded but not too misguided is the sure approach to gaining confidence in one's abilities for alignment determination.

Unlike today ,computers back then were klunky machines, absorbing vast quantities of power on mainframes. So a new research tool was made available to astronomers, engineers, surveyors, artists and laypeople to use to ascertain celestial tracking at monuments.

Today we have that computer power, at our fingertips, thanks to the rapid development of computer science and small scale electronic installation. It now means researchers can augment field studies for tracking back in time. In some cases, the computer can replace field observations. The clear advantage is overcoming the constraints of weather, time, resources,manpower and travel expenses.

On the eve of the 3rd millennium, a new bold and forward approach to this study is taking place on a small island in western Europe. Once known as the 'Island of Saints and Scholars' back in the pre-medieval period, Ireland, now stands ready to push forward in time and innovation new ground, new avenues, ready to explore uncharted territory in unmasking what our ancient ancestors once did when they watched the skies and formed the earth with stone and light.

This new millennium sees the opening of a new national monument in Ireland, a monument staggering in its astronomical implications, a monument older than the pyramids of Egypt, more ancient than the old cities of Mesopotamia , millennia back in time from Stonehenge. It may lack the artistic grandure of a Luxor, or the monumental enormity of Stonehenge but Knowth National Monument, at Bru Na Boinne (Boyne Valley) is now open the the world's general public. It is only THE oldest chambered structure in the world (5600 BC - 3800 BC) with arguably the oldest known surviving megalithic iconography/artwork even seen by human eyes. Irish Archaeoastronomers assisted by their knowledgeable counterparts in Europe and America are using breakthrough instrumentation such as lazer alignment, GPS, EMF sensoring, powerful astronomical software, creativity and resoursefulness to probe the depths of the Mesolithic and Neolithic minds.To attempt to understand the powerful urges that our ancestors had to build these stone edifices as lasting silent legacies to their descendants, you and I.

Now assisted by the advent of the Internet we are gradually bringing to you, the reader, our discoveries, our patience, and our energies in the hope of spreading this knowledge across the world for a greater understanding of our environment and our ever driving compulsion to explore and progress......

Now the silent stones speak.....and this is what they have to say.....