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nigelswift
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Re: A clean slate? (or should that be granite?)
May 02, 2011, 12:18
stonefree wrote:
Whether or not the quoit was ever used as a tomb is not of any specific relevance to our research at this point. It may well become relevant at some later stage, when and if we are able to conduct archeological surveys underneath the fallen stone 7.

Our ongoing investigations and observations with regard to Solar, Lunar and Stellar alignments, and to the optical dynamics of light and shade on nearly all of the surfaces, both inner and outer, would almost certainly preclude the likelihood of the quoit having been constructed 'primarily' for funereal purposes. This would have necessitated open aspects of the structure being covered to prevent incursions and this would also have rendered the entire structure unuseable for the purposes we propose.


I find that a bit confusing. You've got the logic backwards haven't you? Aren't you saying it can't have been built for funereal purposes because our theories wouldn't be valid if it was?

From what you say, far from being of no relevance at this point, isn't whether or not it was built for funereal purposes an essential sine qua non to be considered before you propose anything that would be precluded if it was?
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