Head To Head
Log In
Register
The Modern Antiquarian Forum »
Trethevy Quoit »
Trethevy Quoit...Cornwall's Megalithic Masterpiece
Log In to post a reply

391 messages
Topic View: Flat | Threaded
tiompan
tiompan
5758 posts

Re: Similarities elsewhere?
Apr 02, 2013, 21:48
bladup wrote:
It's just the aesthetics really for me and the over laping with the stone next to it, and hardly anyone takes a photo from that side as it just doesn't look good/right, you must admit there's hardly any photo's of that side, just one really clear one on here for example, it looks wrong, and the way the capstone rests perfectly on the sidestone behind is odd as it not even meant to is it?


Some other overlapping sidestone ,sometimes it's just on one side .http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2963/tirnoney.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1376/knockeen.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1817/poulnabrone.html
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6333405
If the backstone was in place then wouldn't it mean that the capstone was not resting on the sidestone ?
Topic Outline:

The Modern Antiquarian Forum Index