SO WHAT POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS ARE THERE? ~
a wide-ranging and mind-bending list is set out below.
1. A random dispersion of building sites coincidentally giving rise to a regular (or very near regular) pattern.
2. A system of triangulation imposed upon the landscape by unknown surveyors, prior to or contemporaneously with, the construction of the churches.
3. A system of ancient trackways.
4. A system of sacred landscapes lines or features.
5. A physical representation on the ground of detectable (or once detectable) energy currents.
6. A particle accelerator for the energy described at 5. Above.
7. A landing site for unidentified flying objects or other aerial phenomena.
8. An aid to astronomical observation and calendrical indication laid out terrestrially by inhabitants possessing a more advanced scientific knowledge than orthodox thinking currently attributes.
9. A pre- (or post-) Conquest land marking system delineating ownership or other occupational rights.
10. A signalling system.
11. A system of funeral paths, corpse trails, death roads, shaman routes etc.
12. A physical representation on earth of the heavens above (as above, so below).
13. An artistic impression rather than a geometric design, perhaps a chalice.
14. Geometry and metrology in the landscape demonstrating sacred proportions.
15. Geometry again but perhaps overlapping circles forming a vessica pisca ~ the Christian fish symbol.