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Sanctuary
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Re: Men-An-Tol
Feb 25, 2012, 20:27
tiompan wrote:
Megalithics wrote:
tiompan wrote:
"Of course there may be some "Stonehenge" style concrete hidden away below the earth. "

There is .
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=424271



We were interested by this part of the Pastscape description :-

"Although hole stones are not generally associated with stone circles they have been shown to form part of these monuments in Scotland."

Any idea which Scottish circles they are refering to?




The only ones that come to mind are at Ballymeanoch , Craw Stone (Wigtownshire ) and Odin Stone Orkney none of which were components of stone circles .


Oh I've just come across this. George, you're into alignments aren't you. This is from the Cornwall Society and they are suggesting the holed stone was part of the outer circle of stones and used for observation. If so, I suppose it could have been moved around possibly?
http://people.bath.ac.uk/prsrlp/kernunos/england/menantol.htm
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tiompan
tiompan
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Re: Men-An-Tol
Feb 25, 2012, 21:18
Sanctuary wrote:
tiompan wrote:
Megalithics wrote:
tiompan wrote:
"Of course there may be some "Stonehenge" style concrete hidden away below the earth. "

There is .
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=424271



We were interested by this part of the Pastscape description :-

"Although hole stones are not generally associated with stone circles they have been shown to form part of these monuments in Scotland."

Any idea which Scottish circles they are refering to?




The only ones that come to mind are at Ballymeanoch , Craw Stone (Wigtownshire ) and Odin Stone Orkney none of which were components of stone circles .


Oh I've just come across this. George, you're into alignments aren't you. This is from the Cornwall Society and they are suggesting the holed stone was part of the outer circle of stones and used for observation. If so, I suppose it could have been moved around possibly?
http://people.bath.ac.uk/prsrlp/kernunos/england/menantol.htm



It’s all very vague Roy “sitting near the centre of the circle “ no foresights no data etc. suffice to say that none of the sites mentioned are noted in the literature as being aligned on the standstill and this was written 13 years ago .
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tomwatts
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Re: Men-An-Tol
Feb 26, 2012, 14:16
...A holed stone was uncovered at The Ness Of Brodgar last year....but inside a building...
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tiompan
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Re: Men-An-Tol
Feb 26, 2012, 14:34
tomwatts wrote:
...A holed stone was uncovered at The Ness Of Brodgar last year....but inside a building...


I thoight there was two from the Ness, one like a standing stone with a hole and another with the "hole " at top and therefore missing a bit ,this one looked more structural with a much bigger hole . There are also the Balblair cist slab with a hole ( could be described as two cup marks meeting from either side )and a similar one from Ardmarnock ?iirc .
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