Kirkhill Astronomical Pillar

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kirkhill-astronomical-pillar

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Kirkhill Astronomical Pillar built?1776
2. What is the location?Almondell Country Park, West Lothian, Scotland
3. What is the year collapsed?1970s
4. Who built the pillar and why?David Stewart Erskine, the 11th Earl of Buchan, built it to help people see how big the planets are and how far apart they are in a way that was easy to understand.
5. Where is the pillar now?After it fell apart in the 1970s, the stones were saved and the pillar was rebuilt in 1988 at Almondell Country Park, a place that used to belong to the Erskine family.

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