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Re: Similarities elsewhere?
Apr 02, 2013, 11:42
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Trethvy is the easily the closest to Zennor including an ante chamber stone , the one with the padstone .


It's not an anti-chamber stone, it's part of the main structure. LOOK at the top of it and the straight upright edge.


Why is not an ante-chamber stone ? it doesn't have to be separated from the main structure .


It doesn't belong there George. It has been 'borrowed' from the main structure and being used as a buttress. We've been here before. The anti-chamber idea is a myth at Trethevy. Stones are not where they should be.


That is only what you believe Roy , others think differently . If it were a buttress why remove it from the structure when it would make more sense to leave it and bring in a buttress from outside and set it like a buttress rather than at the angle the ante chmber is found . There are precedents for ante chamber stones including one nearby , where are the precedents for buttresses ?


Others only think differently George because they have not researched the quoit correctly. I know it sounds an outrageous claim but its true. I'm not giving everything away, why should I? I repeat yet again. Take a long hard look at the 'buttress' stone. It belongs elsewhere. Put it back where it came from and you have no ante-chamber/porch whatever all the old boys said we had. We hadn't. You ask 'Where are the precedents for buttresses'? Everywhere when a structure begins to collapse. When Paul gets his book he'll probably tell you. Mind you he'll spoil it for everyone else then :-)



Roy you haven't responded to question about why the builders would use a stone already part of the structure to use as a buttress when it would make sense to use something from outside and why doesn't it look like a buttress ?
The precedent was the use of a buttress at a portal tomb ,we already have the precedents for ante chmber stones .
How does one research a quoit "correctly " ?

"it belongs elsewhere " is incredibly subjective you could say that about any stone , it doesn't mean that it came from elsewhere in the structure


I can only repeat why I have already told others George. Everything is explained in the book. It comes from the structure believe me. Beg, borrow or steal the book and find out :-)
Off to bed. Good to discuss. Night all.


Roy , asked as they were mentioned in passing but not responded to .if you think they are giving too much away , fair enough . “How does one research a quoit "correctly " ? Where did the term variant Portal tomb come from ? .Where is the precedent for a buttress at a portal tomb ?
No I don't believe the ante chamber stone was ever a side stone .


This will be my last post on Trethevy for the time being George as I'm being chastised for revealing things before people have had time to read the book:-(
A Variant Portal Dolmen is one where the portal (doorway/Window) can appear in different locations i.e. front, rear, side etc hence the variant. People seem to call them all sorts, variant being just one name. Check this out:
http://www.megalithics.com/england/trevethy/trevmain.htm
I've already explained about the buttress at Trethevy George. If it wasn't there the quoit would be on the ground now as the front closure is already 21.75 out of the perpendicular, a huge amount considering it is only 10'-3" tall. It is not there to form a porch and there is no evidence whatsoever to show there ever was a facade or anything else to the front of the tomb. If there is please show it to me without quoting 'what was likely'.
As for the 'ante-chamber stone' never being a side stone, you are in for a shock :-)
Jump on a train and meet me down here George to get a much better picture.

Right that's me done for a while.
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