Reconstruction of the
2024 Roman Road formation

1. Draw a circle. Draw the horizontal and vertical centerlines.

2. Construct the inscribed heptagon (regular 7-sided polygon) of circle 1, pointing up.

3. Construct the inscribed circle of heptagon 2.

4. Construct the inscribed heptagon of circle 3, pointing down.

5. Draw the outer set of diagonals of heptagon 2.

6. Construct the inscribed circle of the heptagon enclosed by diagonals 5.

7. Construct the inscribed heptagon of circle 6, pointing up.

8. Construct the "two-points" circle (defined by the two end-points of a centerline) between the outer lefthand and righthand angular points of heptagon 7.

9. Copy circle 8 to the center of circle 1.

10. Construct the inscribed heptagon of circle 9, pointing up.

11. Draw the inner set of diagonals of heptagon 10.

12. Draw two lines, from the lower angular point of heptagon 4, to the upper lefthand and righthand angular points of heptagon 10.

13. Repeat step 12 six times, with respect to the other angular points of heptagon 4 and the corresponding angular points of heptagon 10, as shown.

14. Draw two lines, from the lower angular point of heptagon 4, to the lower lefthand and righthand angular points of heptagon 10.

15. Repeat step 14 six times, with respect to the other angular points of heptagon 4 and the corresponding angular points of heptagon 10, as shown.

16. Construct the "two-points" circle between the upper intersections of circles 6 and 9 with the vertical centerline.

17. Repeat step 16 six times, with respect to the other angular points of heptagon 10.

18. Construct two lines, parallel to two diagonals 11, tangent to circle 16 and the lower circles 17 at the outer sides. See detail.

19. Repeat step 18 six times, with respect to the other corresponding pairs of diagonals 11, as shown.

20. Circles 1, 3, 6, and 9, and lines 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, and 19, are used for the final reconstruction.

21. Remove all parts not visible within the formation itself.

22. Colour all areas corresponding to standing...

23. ...or to flattened crop, and finish the reconstruction of the 2024 Roman Road formation.

24.

The final result, matched with two aerial images.

Copyright © 2024, Zef Damen, The Netherlands

 

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