Starhenge

Starhenge is a mechanical and architectural assembly set on the roof of the Præsidium, the central tower of the Mynster. It consists of megaliths, domes, pent houses, and turrets integrated with the same internal works that run the four great dials. The starhenge both drives, and is driven by, those clock‑works.

First Appearance and Context

The starhenge is introduced during a description of the Mynster’s clock and towers, identified as the structure supported by the Præsidium’s lens‑shaped roof and tied into the internal works that announce time, date, lunar phase, year, and other cosmographical indicators.

Structure and Features

• Location: Perched atop the Præsidium’s roof, above the belfries and buttresses that connect the central tower to four outlying towers.
• Composition: An arrangement of megaliths, domes, pent houses, and turrets.
• Mechanism: Coupled to the same internal works that operate the four dials; the interaction is bidirectional ("drives, and is driven by").

Relationships and Functions

• Integrated with the Mynster’s broader timekeeping and cosmographical apparatus; the text has not yet explained its precise function beyond this integration.
• Situated at the center of the rooftop complex that also houses the outward watch from the Warden Fendant’s aerie and the inward-facing vantage associated with the Warden Regulant over the surrounding Concent.

Current Status

Active and in place atop the Præsidium, functioning as part of the Mynster’s overall clock system as observed from within the concent.