... I have debunked Petter's Tree of life theory as you can see from the following image. And this land lot alignment seems to be the last nail in the coffin...
Debunking may be too strong a term. I feel that the Tree of Life hypothesis should be left on the table, not least because it's possible to hit upon the association from another route (Petter and I were working on the idea at the same time, but he published first).
It’s my thinking that Nolan's Cross is a pure geometrical construction combining the two ancient design structures of
ad triamgulum and
ad quadratum. There's a construction well-known and almost revered in former times that brings the two together.
Clearly, the focus of these figures is the centre of the concentric circles, that is, the mid-point between the Head Stone and Cone D. The key distance is thus the 429 feet separating these two points, which is properly 26 rods (
note: a British unit of measure). I consider it likely that the basic unit of measure is actually the link (7.92 inches), British and widely used after 1625.
By calculation and rounding, the dimensions of the cross within this 'construction' would be:
Cone A to Head Stone: 145 feet
Head Stone to Cone D: 429 feet (fixed)
Cone D to Cone E: 293 feet
Total Length: 867 feet
Length of Arms: 359.5 feet (not 360). The arms are (429/2) + 145 feet (the distance from the centre point to Cone A).
This schema can then be extended geometrically to form the
Tree of Life, such that the Malkuth Stone would lie just where Petter found it, though not because of his particular reasoning.
From Cone A to the Malkuth Stone is here 1148 feet (350m). The key is that we may not be getting the specifics correct, but the concept surely holds.
It’s also my feeling that Nolan's Cross actually belongs at the east of the island, but was hidden out of the way at its centre - 75 rods distant from where it pertains. I call this duplicate cross the Shadow Cross, with its centre the initial focal point of the enterprise - not the Money Pit.
It's quite possible that Nolan’s Cross provides a set of clues that aids in reconstructing the geometrical plan that exposes the intent of the Oak Island enterprise - the location of the deposit.
Potentially, one reason that Cone C is in clear sight on the beach at Joudrey's Cove is it could be that the Cross had to be found, along with the drilled rocks and the triangles. Together, these and other clues tell us what we need to know to pinpoint the treasure.
In this context, Nolan's Cross provides confirmation that the initial reconstructed ground plan is correct.