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- ↑ Ian Burrow, Somerset's Planning Department staff archeologist, concluded that "while the outlines of the effigies may be plotted today, their antiquity is illusory"
- ↑ Tom Williamson, Liz Bellamy, Ley Lines In Question, pages 162-168. (Tadworth, UK: World's Work, 1983). ISBN 0-437-19205-9
- ↑ Valentine, Mark (November 2016). "The Literature of Terrestrial Zodiacs in Britain". The Network of Ley Hunters Newsletter (compiled checklist).
- ↑ Iain Sinclair, London Orbital (Penguin Books, London, 2005), ISBN 0-14-101474-1