Watch The Winter Solstice As The Ancients Did

One of the very coolest UK webcams springs into life at the end of this month to capture the winter solstice.

The Sun and its transit through the seasons seems to have been essential to ancient worship. On Orkney, several Neolithic monuments are aligned with sun and moon to suggest some ritual purpose. At Maeshowe, the island's awesome Neolithic chambered burial mound, the setting mid-winter sun lights an inner chamber for about three weeks before and after the winter solstice. You can watch it happen via the live Maeshowe webcams. They're scheduled to come to life on November 30 and will continue transmitting until February 6, 2010.

The interior webcams will operate from 2 to 4p.m. GMT and an interior camera will be aimed at Maeshowe from 9a.m. to 4p.m. GMT. Remember to make note of the time difference because when it's dark outside, there's no light inside Maeshowe. And dates are always approximate, so keep checking in to make sure.

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