Neolithic stone balls are mysterious petrospheres found in Scotland, Ireland, and Norway that have puzzled archaeologists for centuries. But an explanation for these objects may finally be revealed, showing their potential links to the first astronomical clocks and the development of modern timekeeping. Crichton E M Miller is an author, researcher, and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport who patented and published the pre-Christian wheel or sun cross as a spherical inclinometer for navigation, surveying, and astronomy in the Bronze Age using the Neolithic stone balls as a plumb bob in his book, The Golden Thread of Time. While researching navigation methods during the Bronze Age, Miller recently carried out experiments at the autumn equinox on Scotland’s
