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          The main sun-god figure, at the central sighting point of King Woden-lithi's observatory. The elongated figure of the god lies along the hoki axis (direction of sunrise at Hogmanay), and the inscription may be read as:

 

          S-O-L-N (Old Norse solen, the sun) and W-L-D GH-M-N L, Y-U-L-I-N (Old Norse hvild gaman oll, Julinn, holiday for rest and games for all, the Yule festival).  Norse ogam on the disk of the sun spells S-L-N B-L, Solen-bal, "Blazing sun." (Fell 1982)

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