Figure 5.  The Paps of Jura, seen from the summit of Cnoc Seandda at Loch Finlaggan. Super-imposed on the profile are the centre disk rising paths of the Moon around the Minor standstill, assuming a date of 1750 B.C. Points A to E are selected foresights; the remaining points appear in Figure 4. The highlighted bands show the range of the full Moon’s computed midwinter declinations two years (right band) and three years (left band) before or after the Minor standstill. The midwinter full Moon is shown rising at  (a) ‘expected’ declination +21º.3, i.e. three years before/after the Minor standstill, and (b) ‘expected’ declination +20º.0, i.e. two years before/after the Minor standstill. The extant standing stone is also shown.

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