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bladup 1986 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 20:23
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They don't tend to at all, all the stones apart from one lie on the ground and aren't even in stoneholes, this is also very odd as well.
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bladup 1986 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 20:23
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They don't tend to at all, all the stones apart from one lie on the ground and aren't even in stoneholes, this is also very odd as well.
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thesweetcheat 6214 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 20:24
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Fair enough. So, I take it your view is that the tomb could not have got to its present shape without a major re-structuring? That movement, shifts and collapses over millennia could not have produced the current arrangement? I've no idea whether it could or not, but to convince me I would want that (simple) explanation reasonably discounted before looking at something much more complicated as being the only 'correct' answer.
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thesweetcheat 6214 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 20:27
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I'll be honest, it would never have occurred to me from any of the pictures of that side (and there are quite a lot on TMA) that those two stones look wrong. Obviously that's only based on looking at pictures, as you say.
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bladup 1986 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 20:33
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thesweetcheat wrote: I'll be honest, it would never have occurred to me from any of the pictures of that side (and there are quite a lot on TMA) that those two stones look wrong. Obviously that's only based on looking at pictures, as you say. Get that and Duloe on your to do list, like i said it's easy from St cleer to Duloe as well, then see what you think, and remember to look at how the stones rest on the ground.
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thesweetcheat 6214 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 20:34
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I shall, although St Cleer is a long way from Cheltenham at current train prices.
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juamei 2013 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 20:40
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thesweetcheat wrote: Nice word. But everyone noticed AK doing that, no-one seems to have noticed a 19th century rebuild of Trethevy. I think a 19th century rebuild is unlikely unless they did a much better job than elsewhere down south. Three Shires stones near Bath and The Hellstone in Dorset spring to mind...
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harestonesdown 1067 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 20:44
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thesweetcheat wrote: Fair enough. So, I take it your view is that the tomb could not have got to its present shape without a major re-structuring? That movement, shifts and collapses over millennia could not have produced the current arrangement? I've no idea whether it could or not, but to convince me I would want that (simple) explanation reasonably discounted before looking at something much more complicated as being the only 'correct' answer. A small question/observation. Take a look at the Northern flankers, in particular the forward (Eastern one), do you not think it's in an odd position ? Now let's say you move it to the position currently taken by the rear (Western) flanker, and then consider structure and aesthetics. I addressed this previously so it's not giving anything away in regards to the book.
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bladup 1986 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 20:46
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bloody hell i thought you liked walking, it would only take a few weeks? :oD prices for everything are going up and up but a least capitalism is about to pop, so that's great news though, it's the sunshine at the end of the tunnel.
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harestonesdown 1067 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 20:50
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And not to blemish CE's thread further, i'd just like to say i haven't received a free copy of Roys book. :)
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