III. Four Vectors:  + Time

Pe, Dn, Pn, De.

To gain a better understanding of the wave movement, particularly in the vertical plane, it was essential that all four vector directions were studied in more detail, with a focus on 'outdoor' locations - free from the problem of ceiling restrictions associated with the house.

Vector I. - Pe3

A level paved area on vector Pe3/4, designated Upper Courtyard (h. 44.5 m a.s.l., was selected where there was access to the shallow-pitched Foundry Roof approx. 2.60 metres above. Almost directly beneath the paving lay bedrock, sloping from East to West (<0.10 - 0.40 m below the surface). A preliminary vertical section had already been taken at the location in mid-Jan'15 (see point P1 in previous figs. 2.33[a], [b], & [c]). A second vertical section was made a month later, followed by a third in March; after which they were taken approximately every two weeks through to the 23rd June'15. After midsummer they were made on a weekly basis.

Unfortunately, when viewed over the whole year, these 2015 preliminary vertical sections of Pe3[a]-Upper Courtyard did little to clarify what was 'thought' to be happening in the vertical plane. The apparently chaotic disorder of the sections made comparisons with the indoor form of Dn3 difficult.

However, subsequent analysis of the Ground Level horizontal plane daily data (taken in the Five months from Mid-Dec'14 to Mid-May'15) suggested that the movement was an oscillation. It had a range of approx. 3.10 metres and reached an Eastwards maximum in the period between 28th Jan. and 14th Feb. and a Westwards maximum at around 19th May (see fig. 2.39[a]). Taken in isolation, this pattern of horizontal movement was indeed somewhat similar to that observed at Dn3-Hall in the same period. Further, the accompanying vertical sections made between January and May appeared to indicate the existence of an opposite movement at roof-top height (see fig. 2.39[b]).

When the graph of Ground Level readings at Pe3[a]-Upper Courtyard was viewed alongside the earlier 'Eight Locations' fortnightly graph (see 2014/15: fig. 2.29) the 'positive vs negative' – 'Winter vs Summer' concept of an oscillation at ground level appeared to be strengthened. 

It was conjectured that if an annual movement of this kind was indeed correct then the source of the stimulation might be gravitational in origin.[1]  

[1] Such a pattern of movement seemed unlikely to be a physiological bodily response to annual changes in temperature and pressure; and was not a long-term drift of the electromagnetic field type - although this could not be ruled out entirely. Thus, it was conjectured that the movement might be a direct sensory 'balancing' muscular response to the gravitational field and so, at this point in the study, parallel investigations were started: enquiring into what was known about this particular physical reaction in the wider field of Neuroscience and Experimental Biology.

But if such a hypothesis was true, it was not unreasonable to expect that a monthly Lunar 'gravitational' effect would also be observable. However, the 'Ground Level' graph spanning the period from midwinter 2014 to Spring 2015 (shown above) displayed very little obvious evidence of any such Lunar influence. The apparent lack of Lunar movement was perplexing in the light of the impression gained in previous years - when indications of its possible existence had been regarded as a nuisance! Then the 1st and 3rd quarter maps had often displayed 'S-shaped' reaction lines alternating from one fortnightly period to the next.

However, analysis of the 'Daily' Pe3[a]-Upper Courtyard GL data from the Autumn Equinox 2015 period (spanning the Full Moon Perigee on 28th Sept.'15) suggested that subtle lunar oscillations were beginning to take place towards the end of the year. Close examination of the graph shown in figure 2.40 below, showed an alternating movement either side of the dotted polynomial trend line - East at New Moon, West at Full Moon. 

Fig. 2.40: Pe3[a] Lunar Oscillations - Autumn 2015

However, it was unclear whether the key factors governing the oscillations at this time were:

• the Moon's phase in relation to the Sun or
• its orbital position in relation to its perigee.

The oscillations seen in the vertical sections at Pe3[a]-Upper Courtyard appeared to slightly increase with height above GL, and appeared to always be greatest at New and Full Moons with a minimum during First and Last Quarters; these two aspects strengthened the impression acquired in 2013 & 2014 that a Lunar influence of some sort did indeed exist. However, at the time there was a lack of familiarity with the Lunar 'Perigee-Apogee' cycle and the shifting Node points within the Lunar orbital plane; and further, the investigator was unaware of the Minor 'Lunar Standstill' which had taken place in January 2015. Later, as more evidence came to light, this 'Lunar Standstill' became a strong contender to account for the odd lack of a lunar oscillation pattern in the early 2015 period. But to begin with, the focus remained on looking for the more familiar Lunar 29.5-day 'Tidal' monthly cycle.

But precisely how any lunar oscillations related to the annual solar oscillation could not be established without more evidence. Data needed to be collected from other locations around the site, both external and internal, to confirm if the sequence of Solar and Lunar events observed at Pe3[a]-Upper Courtyard was simply a 'one-off' or was occurring in the remaining three vector directions – Dn, Pn, & De. With this aim in mind the number of sites for daily observations was steadily increased, such that, by the beginning of 2016 a substantial body of data existed - derived from over 7,500 individual spreadsheet readings. These covered more than 32 different locations, both indoor and outdoor, and in the horizontal as well as vertical planes

Vector II. – Dn2 

Daily data readings were made at two points along vector Dn2 so that they could be compared. Dn2(b)-Courtyard Summit (h. 44.6 m a.s.l.) was already part of the original 'Eight Locations' group, while its companion, Dn2(d)-Garage Front (h. 42.7 m a.s.l.), was 2.10 m lower than the former and lay 19 metres to the NW of it (see inset above). Analysis of the 2015 data showed that, over the course of the year, there was an opposing movement between these two points in the horizontal plane: Dn2-Garage Front had a 'positive' NE summer maximum while Dn2-Courtyard Summit had a 'negative' SW maximum (see fig. 2.41[a] & [b] below). In terms of distance above the sloping bedrock, Dn2[d]-Garage Front was estimated to be ≥0.75 m above it, while Dn2-Courtyard Summit was actually on the bare outcrop. Their 'mirror image' opposing movements (range: approx. ±1.50 m) were comparable to the movements of the vertically related two points already noted within the house at Dn3 (where the range was approx. ±1.75 m). The pattern of movement at Dn2[d]-Garage Front (relatively high above the bedrock) was very similar to that recorded at Dn3-1st Floor (see upper graph in fig. 2.32  for comparison).

Daily observations at four points along the length of Dn2 [a], [b], [c], & [d]  were made in the autumn of 2015 covering a 28-day period in lunation 1147 and spanning the Full Moon perigee on 28th September (see fig.2.42 below). The horizontal plane graph produced appeared to demonstrate the wave's changing form when the moon's gravitational pull was strong, and clearly illustrated that the same annual opposing movement seen between points Dn2[b]-Summit & Dn2[d]-Garage was now also occurring over the shorter lunar time scale - just as it was observed to be happening at Pe3-Upper Courtyard.

Fig. 2.42. Dn2 Lunation 1147:  12 Sept - 9 Oct., 2015

Individual supplementary graphs to compare the lunar movement at Dn2[b] with that at Dn2[d] during Lunation 1147 were extended to cover a 45-day period; these confirmed that the 'Full Moon' shift recorded on 28/09/15 at Dn2[b]-Courtyard Summit moved in a 'positive' NE direction (see fig. 2.43 below); while an opposing 'negative' SW shift occurred at Dn2[d]-Garage Front (see fig. 2.44 below).

Vector III[a] - Pn4

Statistical analysis of daily horizontal data for the whole of 2015, derived from the  Pn4-Clay Store location (h. 42.7 m a.s.l.) revealed a very small 95% range (2.20 m) - swinging either side of the mean by barely ±1.10 metres i.e., even less than that seen at Dn2[b] & [d]. The Pn4 vector's path appeared to run close to, and parallel with, the substantial granite walls of the Workshop, which had to be considered as a possible influencing factor; as was the bedrock which lay perhaps as little as 10 - 15 cm below. At the time such a small horizontal range here was perplexing[1].

[1] In fact, this small range suggests the location could be in close proximity to an inflection point in the vertical plane but at the time such a concept was inconceivable.

The Pn4-Clay Store horizontal movements lacked the relatively smooth and steady progress seen in the interior at Dn3-Hall, and instead exhibited a 'double' oscillation (see fig. 2.45 below) with both a Winter and a Summer NNE Peak with a double 'neutral' phase around the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes (similar to Dn2[d]-Garage Front, its near neighbour). At the time there was insufficient evidence to account for such a pattern and so this too temporarily remained a puzzle.

Fig. 2.45: Pn4-Clay Store. Daily Reaction Locations - Year 2015.

Data from the early part of 2015, spanning the New Moon Perigee on 18/19th Feb. showed the same 'minimal' lunar influence noted at Pe3[a]-Upper Courtyard and no obvious Lunar oscillation pattern could be found in the subsequent summer period. However, by the time of the Full Moon Perigee of 28th Sept. 2015, the location was showing a very subtle NNE shift towards Full Moon (see Fig. 2.46 below) a movement very similar to that seen at Dn2[b]-Rock Summit. 

Fig. 2.46: Pn4-Clay Store. Lunation 1147, Sept/Oct., 2015

Further, in the midwinter period from Dec'15 to Jan'16 (a year after the Minor Lunar Standstill) oscillations appeared to be steadily increasing: a swing ≥2.5m from NNE at Full Moon to SSW at New Moon was recorded (see fig.2.47 below).

Fig. 2.47: Pn4-Clay Store. Oscillations during Lunations 1150-1151.

Vector III[b] - Pn2

Pn2[b]-Lower Courtyard (h. 44.09 m a.s.l.) was the immediate neighbouring 'single-pulse' that ran parallel with Pn4 i.e., adjacent to it and running in the same vector direction but 10 metres further South. Its location in the vertical plane was 1.39 m higher than Pn4-Clay Store but in relation to their height above the sloping Granite Bedrock the difference was perhaps only 40 - 60 cm (see diagram Fig.2.48 below). Bearing in mind the evidence already presented, suggesting 'that the angle at which a wave is emitted from any mass appears to be governed by the slope angle of that mass', it was thought that such a principal might extend to the relationship between two parallel vectors and should be investigated.

Fig. 2.48: Bedrock Slope between Parallel Vectors Pn2 & Pn4

Comparative data spanning 2015, suggested that the pattern of the two parallel vectors did indeed possess similar characteristics. with both having an annual NNE double 'maximum' in both Winter & Summer (see fig. 2.49 below); although what the factors were that evoked such a pattern were still not clear at this stage.

[1] NOTE: the slight aberration in the two-week period 21 Nov to 06 Dec. 2015 (days 335-350 shown below) when an unexpected rapid change was overlooked, resulting in expectation and anticipation (psychological) dominating true objective observation at the Pn2 location. This caused the adjacent 'Double' pulse' to be carelessly mistaken for a 'Single'. This 14-day irregularity [marked by the sudden drop of the Pn2 'orange' graph-line in Fig.2.48] was omitted from some later charts relating to Pn2 to avoid skewing the overall picture.

Fig. 2.49: Comparison of Pn2[b]-Lower Courtyard with Pn4-Clay Store Spanning Year 2015.

When the data for the period spanning the Full Moon Perigee (28th Sept'15) was examined more closely (see fig.2.50 below) the oscillations at Pn2[b]-Lower Courtyard were found to be moving in the opposite direction to those at Pn4-ClayStore: (view fig.2.46 above to compare) i.e., oscillations were swinging from NNE at New Moon to SSW at Full Moon. In fact, moving in the same direction as recorded at Dn2-Garage Front (refer back to fig. 2.44)

Fig. 2.50: Pn2[b]-Lower Courtyard. Lunation 1147, Sep/Oct., 2015

In an attempt to understand whether the Lunar movements recorded up to this point were arbitrary or a coincidence, or did in fact conform to some-sort of overall pattern, further observations were made along the same Pn2 vector but at a location further to the west at Pn2[a]-Veg. Garden (h.42.6m a.s.l.) where the soil level was ≥0.50 m above the underlying bedrock. When the data from this additional location was scrutinized, more hints of a Lunation pattern emerged: thus, over the Winter period from Dec.'15 to mid-Feb. 2016, oscillations occurred with a range ±1.3 m. Three SSW peaks happened in quite close timing to the Apogee part of the Lunar Cycle which alternated with three Perigee oscillations to the NNE (see fig. 2.51 below). *But it should be remembered that later the somewhat arbitrary allocation of 'negative' polarity to S & SSW was reversed in 2022 to take account of a mounting series of anomalies with regard to the Pn series of vectors.

Fig. 2.51: Pn2[a]-Veg. Garden Oscillations - Lunations 1150/51 Dec'15 - Feb., 2016

While giving an indication that what was being detected might indeed be gravitational in origin, the timing of these oscillations emphasised the need to be aware of, not only the Full and New Moon (Earth/Sun) alignment, but also the Lunar Perigee/Apogee cycle and the Lunar Node positions – any or all of which could be additional factors influencing results. Thus, yet more aspects were added for consideration and investigation before a fuller understanding this wave movement could be reached.

Vector IV. - De6

Examination of De6, the remaining 4th vector direction, commenced in August 2015. The segment of it chosen, De6[a]-Lawn, was easily accessible but as far as possible from the mass of the buildings (particularly those of the Workshop and House). If proximity to a mass was an influencing factor, it would thus, be at a minimum here. The location was a slightly undulating grassy area, sloping gently southwards from the central granite outcrop, and situated 8 m from the granite mass of the workshop walls and 10 m from the house. 

The graph of daily data spanning the Full Moon Perigee of 28th Sept., 2015 showed an initial New Moon/Apogee 'positive' SE peak, followed by a swing toward 'negative' NW as Full Moon Perigee approached, oscillating ± 60 cm around the Mean (see Fig. 2.52 below). By comparison at Pn2[b]-Lower Courtyard over the same period, the Full Moon had swung towards SSW (±40 cm) but it lay only 1.5 m from the Workshop Wall and stood relatively high above the bedrock (see fig. 2.50 above); while at Pn4-Clay Store, less than 0.5 m from the E-W wall, and close to bedrock level, the Full Moon shift was towards NNE but by only ±20 cm  (refer back to fig.2.46 above). At the time, these substantially different degrees and direction of Lunar oscillation at the three locations were inexplicable; however, the revelation of a link to the monthly Lunations movement did at least add weight to the idea that the wave must be connected to the gravitational field in some way.[1]

[1] Details of the moving wave's vertical form were still lacking, as was any clear evidence of the possible significance of 'distance from a vertical mass'; either or both of which might account for these observed differences.

Fig. 2.52: De6-Lawn. Oscillations spanning Full Moon Perigees on 30th Aug. & 28th Sept., 2015

Starting in July 2015, Weekly observations commenced at six locations in the Horizontal Plane along a 27-metre length of De6. They were noted on spreadsheets (which were intended to replace the directly drawn fortnightly plans) permitting lunar movements at De6[a]-Lawn to be compared with those occurring at other sections of the vector, particularly at De6[d]-Grass Path, where the 'week-to-week' movement was found to be shifting in the opposite direction (see Fig. 2.53 below).

Further, when this data was viewed over a 6-month period, from July'15 to Jan'16 (see fig.2.54 above) it gave confirmation of a broad Summer to Winter, West to East, oscillation pattern similar to that already seen at ground level within the house at Dn3-Hall.

At an earlier point in the investigation (late 2015) it was thought that vector De6's narrow 'hour-glass' shape within the house at De6[c]-Study, might be an effect caused by the vertical mass of the house. (The supporting wall & chimney are quite substantial at this point when compared to Dn3-Hall's location). 

However, several years later in the study it became apparent that the movements seen in any one weekly period at De6[a]-Lawn and De6[d]-Grass Path (oscillating in opposite directions) suggested a wave with a 'Stationary Point of Inflection' existed somewhere in the De6[c]-Study area within the house i.e., halfway between the two points which lay about 16 metres apart. But in 2016 such a concept was still some way off.

The accompanying photograph (taken in September 2013) captured the curve of the reaction pattern with markers laid out from the Grass Path down to the East Terrace i.e., between the two points De6[d] & [e]). The photograph clearly shows the same strong curve depicted in the 2015/16 graphs shown above.