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Harryshill 510 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 21:42
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Like this post? How does this help Roy's Sales?
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tiompan 5758 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 21:43
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bladup wrote: Chun's pretty much a box though George and is a portal tomb [one of the portals still stand, it's small but it's there and the others there but over], it's also one of the most intact anywhere so has that on it's side, it's strange at Trethevy that all the stones but one stand on the ground [not in it], why do you think that is? And there are others as well as Chun but it is not the usual . Noteworthy that Chun doesn't have the sloping capstone but some of the stones do have sloping edges and you could rearrange them to make a sloping box from the flat pack if necessary . Colin Richards and Vicky Cummings have suggested that supporting sidestones are just held in place by the force of the weight of the capstone and just need a bit of cairn support prior to capstone erection an am yalso len against backstones and portal stones .This seems to be borne out from excavations at Clonlum and Melkagh
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juamei 2013 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 21:43
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bladup wrote: Yes me, it's a recorded folly, not having a good day with examples are you? Better than you with politeness!
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bladup 1986 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 21:43
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He [TSC] seemed to think i knew what Roy's book was about, he didn't even know i was just speaking for myself, I've got a idea, Roy's got a idea, you've got an idea, George has got an idea, probably all different, what the hell is he on about?
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Littlestone 5386 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 21:45
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Harryshill wrote: Like this post? How does this help Roy's Sales? It has nothing to with sales but everything to do with a better understanding of Trethevy Quoit. Do you have anything to offer in that respect?
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harestonesdown 1067 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 21:48
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Littlestone wrote: Harryshill wrote: Like this post? How does this help Roy's Sales? It has nothing to with sales but everything to do with a better understanding of Trethevy Quoit. Do you have anything to offer in that respect? This ^^^
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tiompan 5758 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 21:48
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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 ?
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Harryshill 510 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 21:50
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Littlestone wrote: Harryshill wrote: Like this post? How does this help Roy's Sales? It has nothing to with sales but everything to do with a better understanding of Trethevy Quoit. Do you have anything to offer in that respect? No more than you. It is about the sales. Hell, Buy the book, then we can discuss it.
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bladup 1986 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 21:50
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I'm one of the most polite people you could ever meet in the flesh [as long as i'm sober], your preconceptions are very funny and prove that no one comes across on here as they really are.
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harestonesdown 1067 posts |
Apr 02, 2013, 21:53
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Harryshill wrote: Hell, Buy the book, then we can discuss it. How would that work, as you've already stated you wont ?
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