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tjj wrote: thesweetcheat wrote: It's been suggested at Boscawen Un too, with the central pillar male and the single quartz stone - a squarish block -female. I think JC refers to this in TMA.
Hi tsc, must admit I hadn't taken this suggestion on board (will have to check the TMA book). I loved this stone circle and my initial impression was that it was some sort of annual sun-dial, probably because of the leaning stone. But as with most ancient monuments it wasn't how it originally looked. I liked this possible explanation taken from
http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/englandboscawen.htm
"Analysis of the circle’s architecture suggests that the central stone is likely to have been erected before the rest of the circle; it is shaped like an axe and contains relief carvings of two stone axes at the bottom of the stone. Several sources of greenstone, from which many Cornish polished stone axes were made, are found in west Cornwall and it has been suggested that the Boscawen Un circle was built to celebrate the axe."
Tom Goskar scanned the "axe" carvings and has suggested they are Breton style feet :)
http://tom.goskar.com/2015/09/14/neolithic-breton-style-rock-art-at-boscawen-un-stone-circle/
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