The strange Goseck Circle is also
known as the Goseck Henge, a Neolithic Circle Structure, perhaps one of the
oldest solar observatories in the world. The site is located in Goseck in
Burgenlandkreis district of Saxony Anhalt in Germany. The Goseck Circle is
known Circular Enclosures associated with the Central European Neolithic. The
Goseck Circle comprises a set of concentric ditches almost 75 meters across and
two palisade rings containing gates in places aligned with sunrise and sunset
on the solstice days.
It is thought to be built dated
to c. 4900 BC, and remained useless until 4600 BC. Therefore, Excavators are keen interested to
know the purpose of Goseck Circle, have found the remains of ritual fires,
animals human bones, headless skeleton adjacent to south eastern gate. So, many
researchers believed, that place could be interpreted as traces of human
sacrifice or specific burial ritual. Hence there is no sign of fire or of other
destruction. Moreover place was abandoned is not confirmed, however later on
villagers built a defensive moat following the ditches of the old
enclosure. The Goseck ring is one of
best preserved structures built at around the same time. Therefore
archaeologists generally agree that Goseck circle was built to observation of
the course of the Sun in the course of the solar year. Thus, traces of original
configuration disclose, Goseck Ring comprises of four concentric circles a
mound, a ditch, and two wooden palisades.
In 1991, local surveyors found
the structure accidentally, by taking aerial photographs of the area, and then
they’ve spotted a gargantuan circular ridge like structure underneath a wheat
field. However, in 2002, a major excavation was found palisades had three
gates, one facing north, one facing southwest and third one facing southeast.
You cannot say it’s a unique circle, as there’re hundreds of similar circles
have been found in Austria, Germany and Czech Republic. Therefore, The Goseck
Ring is the largest one and well preserved one.
Moreover more than two hundred
and fifty circular ditches have been found with the help of aerial surveys.
Another very noteworthy point is that, both Goseck Circle and Stonehenge are on
same latitude. The wooden palisades were reconstructed before it was opened to
public in 2005. Goseck Circle reveal that how ancient people were sophistication
and capable of to measure time, date and years. The solar observatory have
unique milestone in astronomical history and challenge the stereotypes in
archeological. Source: Charismatic Planet