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Alfred Watkins (27 January 1855 – 15 April 1935) was an English author, self-taught amateur archaeologist, antiquarian and businessman who, while standing on a hillside in Herefordshire, England, in 1921 experienced a revelation. He noticed on the British landscape an apparent arrangement of straight lines positioned along ancient features. For these he subsequently coined the term "ley", now usually referred to as ley line, because the line passed through places whose names contained the syllable "ley".

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  • Alfred Watkins (en)
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  • Alfred Watkins (27 January 1855 – 15 April 1935) was an English author, self-taught amateur archaeologist, antiquarian and businessman who, while standing on a hillside in Herefordshire, England, in 1921 experienced a revelation. He noticed on the British landscape an apparent arrangement of straight lines positioned along ancient features. For these he subsequently coined the term "ley", now usually referred to as ley line, because the line passed through places whose names contained the syllable "ley". (en)
  • Alfred Watkins (Hereford, Midlands del Oeste, 27 de enero de 1855 – 15 de abril de 1935) fue un anticuario y un arqueólogo amateur, quien en sus recorridos por la Gran Bretaña, creyó observar que las estructuras arqueológicas, como monolitos, iglesias, entre otras formaban líneas rectas en el terreno, dando así el comienzo de una nueva corriente ideológica, conocidas como líneas ley.​ (es)
  • Alfred Watkins (27 janvier 1855 – 15 avril 1935) est un photographe, inventeur et essayiste britannique. (fr)
  • Alfred Watkins (Hereford, 27 januari 1855 – 15 april 1935) was een Brits ondernemer en amateurarcheoloog. Hij poneerde de theorie van de leylijnen, een verondersteld netwerk van rechte lijnen in het (Britse) landschap. (nl)
  • Alfred Watkins (27 de janeiro de 1855 - 15 de abril de 1935) foi um escritor inglês, arqueólogo amador autodidata, antiquário e empresário que, enquanto estava em uma encosta em Herefordshire, Inglaterra, em 1921 experimentou uma revelação. Ele percebeu na paisagem britânica um aparente arranjo de linhas retas posicionadas ao longo de características antigas. Para isso, ele posteriormente cunhou o termo "ley", agora geralmente referido como linha ley, porque a linha passava por locais cujos nomes tinham a sílaba "ley". (pt)
  • Alfred Watkins (* 27. Januar 1855; † 15. April 1935) war ein britischer Hobby-Archäologe. Bei der Markierung einiger südenglischen Megalithen auf einer Landkarte entdeckte Watkins im Jahre 1921, dass diese anscheinend nicht zufällig in der Landschaft verteilt zu sein scheinen, sondern einer geraden Linie folgten. Nach Aufreihungen englischer Ortschaften mit den Endungen -leigh beziehungsweise -ley (altenglisch für „Lichtung, Rodung“) nannte man sie Ley-Linien. Für das Phänomen gibt es viele Erklärungsversuche, die allerdings wissenschaftlich oft umstritten sind. Alfred Watkins vermutete darin unter anderem alte Handelspfade, „Old Straight Tracks“ mit kürzester Sichtverbindung. (de)
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  • Imperial Hotel in Widemarsh Street, Hereford, England (en)
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