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Re: Alexander Keiller's Avebury/The Sanctuary
Jan 24, 2013, 12:33
Mustard wrote:
nigelswift wrote:
Of course it would. And yet, and yet, when you stood back and looked, all you'd have would be a completely fake circle.

Well, that used to be my view on such things until I went here:

http://www.isleofalbion.co.uk/sites/131/the_devil%27s_quoit.php

It really did change my outlook. For all the "fakeness" of new stones and rebuilt ditch, it has an uncanny sense of "realness".


I've been there, and its a nice place to visit, but you don't get the buzz, because you know what you are looking at isn't bona fide. It makes for nice photos, but it detracts from the sense of place.

Surely 'integrity' is the important word in all this. I get a much stronger feeling standing at the Sanctuary, imagining what it was like (to my mind the concrete posts aren't saying 'look at us' they're just an indication, to aid your thoughts) rather than a kind of pretence with modern stones. As mentioned earlier, that does feel a bit disney to me.
I don't like the idea at all.
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