Penzance Lecture – An Archaeoastronomy Journey – Inspired by the Lockyer’s Legacy with Carolyn Kennett

Carolyn is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and currently serves as the Chair of the Society for the History of Astronomy.

In this talk, given during the centenary year of Mary Lockyer becoming a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Carolyn revisits sites that Mary and her husband, Norman Lockyer, explored during their tour of the southwest of Britain in search of astronomical alignments. Mary was more than just a companion to Norman; her work was published alongside his in Nature magazine, and together they founded the Society for the Astronomical Study of Ancient Stone Monuments in Penzance. This talk pays homage to Mary Lockyer’s contributions, revisiting their work and comparing the ideas to those from modern archaeoastronomy.

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