Tom Brooks (writer and theorist), born in London, England, is British author, draftsman and a proponent of Prehistoric geometry theories. Brooks was born in London and attended East Sheen Grammar School before returning to his family home in

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where he attended

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. His career included time spent in the

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along with being a Marketing director and a

draftsman A drafter (also draughtsman / draughtswoman in British and Commonwealth English, draftsman / draftswoman or drafting technician in American and Canadian English) is an engineering technician who makes detailed technical drawings or plans for m ...

. Brooks has concentrated on theorizing upon the layout and geometry of ancient sites in Britain and has published three books on the subject: The Hand of Man; Prehistoric Geometry in Britain; and 'Seeing Around Corners' – Geometry in Stone Age Britain – The Proof. In a survey of over 1500 ancient sites in Britain, Brooks claims that many were constructed by

prehistoric Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...

man on a connecting grid of

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s spiraling outwards from

Silbury Hill Silbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site. At high, it is the tallest prehistoric man-made mound ...

(pictured) with each triangle pointing to the next site. Monuments that comprised the grid included

hillforts A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...

standing stones A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. They can be foun ...

, churches and

stone circle A stone circle is a ring of standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially in Britain, Ireland, and Brittany – and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, with most being built from 3000 BC. The be ...

s such as

Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around high, wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connectin ...

. Archaeologists have made the criticism that many such patterns can be easily found as Britain is so rich in ancient sites of different types from different periods.Steele, Jo., Did prehistoric 'satnav' help Britons find their way?, The Metro, 5 January 2010.
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Publications

* The Hand of Man. Now out of print, published Edward Gaskell. * Prehistoric Geometry in Britain. Self-published. Out of print. * Seeing Around Corners. Geometry in Stone Age Britain- the Proof. Currently available from http://www.prehistoric-geometry.co.uk/.

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"Did aliens help to line up Woolworths stores?"

www.prehistoric-geometry.co.uk Prehistoric Geometry – The discoveries of Tom BrooksPrehistoric Geometry in Britain part 1 on YouTubePrehistoric Geometry in Britain part 2 on YouTubePrehistoric Geometry in Britain part 3 on YouTubePrehistoric Geometry in Britain part 4 on YouTubePrehistoric Geometry in Britain part 5 on YouTube
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