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> ...but why were these stones any more sacred to pagans than the hundreds lying around in the same (Alton Priors) field? <

You forget, Peter, that this same field has a spring, and a yew tree estimated to be some 1,700 years old - I think that is actually quite significant :-)

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Posted by Littlestone
8th May 2005ce
19:16

(Littlestone, Apr 28, 2005, 22:10)

Re: Circles under churches (Pete G, Apr 28, 2005, 22:14)
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Re: Circles under churches (FourWinds, Apr 29, 2005, 07:32)
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Re: Circles under churches (Jane, Apr 29, 2005, 09:33)
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Re: Circles under churches (FourWinds, Apr 30, 2005, 08:49)
Re: Circles under churches (hamish, Apr 30, 2005, 10:07)
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        Re: Circles under churches (danielspaniel, May 09, 2005, 14:24)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 10, 2005, 17:26)
        Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 10:27)
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Re: Circles under churches (mooncat, May 02, 2005, 16:13)
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Re: Circles under churches (ocifant, May 04, 2005, 20:42)
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        In the porch (FourWinds, May 05, 2005, 07:41)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 05, 2005, 13:02)
        Re: Circles under churches (Pete G, May 05, 2005, 13:11)
        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, May 08, 2005, 18:51)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 08, 2005, 19:16)
        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, May 08, 2005, 22:25)
        Re: Circles under churches [Alton Priors] (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 10:51)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 09, 2005, 17:12)
        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, May 09, 2005, 22:33)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 09, 2005, 23:03)
        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, May 09, 2005, 23:16)
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        Re: Circles under churches (mort, May 09, 2005, 23:50)
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        Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 11:01)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 09, 2005, 23:26)
        Re: see yews! (follow that cow, May 09, 2005, 23:48)
        Re: see yews! (Pete G, May 09, 2005, 23:53)
        Re: see yews! (follow that cow, May 10, 2005, 20:24)
        Re: see yews! (Pete G, May 10, 2005, 20:28)
        Re: see yews! (Littlestone, May 10, 2005, 23:31)
        Re: see yews! (Pete G, May 10, 2005, 23:34)
        Re: see yews! (Littlestone, May 10, 2005, 00:12)
        Re: see yews! (goffik, May 10, 2005, 07:43)
        Re: see yews! (baza, May 10, 2005, 22:29)
        long lived (PeterH, May 10, 2005, 22:58)
        Re: see yews! (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 11:05)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 23, 2005, 23:37)
        Re: Circles under churches (juamei, May 24, 2005, 11:40)
        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, May 24, 2005, 13:14)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 24, 2005, 16:44)
        Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 11:16)
      - Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 10:43)
Re: Circles under churches (follow that cow, May 07, 2005, 21:43)
Re: Circles under churches (FourWinds, May 10, 2005, 07:57)
- Meant to add ... (FourWinds, May 10, 2005, 07:59)
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- Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 10, 2005, 17:48)
- Re: Circles under churches (mort, May 10, 2005, 23:42)
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        Re: Circles under churches (FourWinds, May 11, 2005, 10:33)
        Re: 'Mary Rose' Longbows (follow that cow, May 11, 2005, 11:11)
        Re: 'Mary Rose' Longbows (PeterH, May 11, 2005, 11:43)
        Re: Everything you want to know about Longbow (follow that cow, May 11, 2005, 13:27)
        Re: 'Mary Rose' Longbows (StoneLifter, May 11, 2005, 11:52)
        Re: 'Mary Rose' Longbows (Wiggy, May 11, 2005, 12:12)
        Re: 'Mary Rose' Longbows (Littlestone, May 11, 2005, 12:49)
        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, May 11, 2005, 12:21)
        Re: Yew grown up yet? (follow that cow, May 11, 2005, 12:58)
        Re: Circles under churches (FourWinds, May 12, 2005, 09:28)
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        Re: Circles under churches (moss, May 12, 2005, 16:32)
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        Re: Circles under churches (FourWinds, May 14, 2005, 07:50)
        Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 15:25)
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        Re: Circles under churches (Wiggy, May 16, 2005, 09:22)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 16, 2005, 22:20)
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        Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 15:30)
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        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, May 13, 2005, 21:56)
        Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 15:19)
        Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 15:11)
        Re: Yew in place names (Creyr, Nov 28, 2005, 23:35)
        Re: Circles under churches (Wild Wooder, May 17, 2005, 10:34)
        Re: Circles under churches (mort, May 11, 2005, 12:54)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 11, 2005, 13:57)
        Re: ditto (follow that cow, May 11, 2005, 14:10)
        Re: ditto (Littlestone, May 11, 2005, 14:16)
        wish you weren't misquoted, Francis... (nigelswift, May 11, 2005, 14:27)
        Re: wish you weren't misquoted, Francis... (Littlestone, May 11, 2005, 15:44)
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Re: Circles under churches (FourWinds, May 17, 2005, 21:26)
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- Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 17, 2005, 23:45)
Tombs under churches (FourWinds, Jul 07, 2005, 19:38)
Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Aug 17, 2005, 23:09)
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        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, Aug 18, 2005, 14:23)
      - Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Aug 19, 2005, 00:14)
        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, Aug 19, 2005, 04:44)
        Just one thing to add ... (FourWinds, Aug 19, 2005, 07:51)
        Re: Just one thing to add ... (FourWinds, Aug 19, 2005, 08:02)
        Re: Just one thing to add ... (PeterH, Aug 19, 2005, 09:37)
        Re: Just one thing to add ... (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 16:19)
        Re: Circles under churches (nigelswift, Aug 19, 2005, 08:01)
        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, Aug 19, 2005, 23:26)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Aug 20, 2005, 01:23)
        Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, Aug 20, 2005, 10:54)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Aug 20, 2005, 14:25)
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        Re: Circles under churches (nigelswift, Aug 20, 2005, 07:54)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Aug 20, 2005, 20:39)
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        Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 16:34)
        Re: Circles under churches (Po) (Littlestone, Aug 19, 2005, 18:43)
        Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 16:08)
        Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Nov 27, 2005, 16:17)
        Re: Circles under churches (m6, Nov 27, 2005, 16:40)
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- Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, Aug 18, 2005, 07:01)
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Re: Circles under churches (goffik, Aug 18, 2005, 07:26)
- Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, Aug 18, 2005, 07:52)
- Re: Circles under churches (ocifant, Aug 18, 2005, 08:15)
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        Re: Circles under churches (ocifant, Sep 05, 2005, 06:55)
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Re: Circles under churches (dee, Nov 28, 2005, 15:40)
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Re: Circles under churches (andygreyweather, Nov 28, 2005, 22:56)
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    - Re: Circles under churches (andygreyweather, Nov 28, 2005, 23:22)
      - Re: Circles under churches (Ishmael, Nov 28, 2005, 23:23)
        Thats Silbury risk assessment thread (Ishmael, Nov 28, 2005, 23:27)
        Re: Thats Silbury risk assessment thread (smallblueplanet, Nov 28, 2005, 23:30)
        So sad innit (Ishmael, Nov 28, 2005, 23:32)
    - Re: Circles under churches (smallblueplanet, Nov 28, 2005, 23:24)
- Re: Circles under churches (PeterH, Nov 28, 2005, 23:23)
Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Jan 25, 2007, 16:09)
- Re: Circles under churches (slumpystones, Jan 25, 2007, 17:28)
- Re: Circles under churches (moss, Jan 25, 2007, 17:47)
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Re: Circles under churches (lilydee05, Aug 13, 2007, 22:08)
- Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Aug 14, 2007, 06:12)
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Circles under churches: Alphamstone (Littlestone, Oct 11, 2008, 16:36)
- Re: Circles under churches: Alphamstone (Stoneshifter, Oct 11, 2008, 19:08)
  - Re: Circles under churches: Alphamstone (Littlestone, Oct 12, 2008, 11:29)
    - Re: Circles under churches: Alphamstone (Stoneshifter, Oct 12, 2008, 12:36)
      - Re: Circles under churches: Alphamstone (Littlestone, Oct 12, 2008, 12:56)
- Re St.Arilda's church at Oldbury on Severn (moss, Oct 12, 2008, 11:52)
  - Re: Re St.Arilda's church at Oldbury on Severn (Littlestone, May 05, 2009, 21:50)
    - Re: Re St.Arilda's church at Oldbury on Severn (GordonP, May 06, 2009, 22:10)
      - Re: Re St.Arilda's church at Oldbury on Severn (Littlestone, May 06, 2009, 23:02)
        The Churchs of St Mary the Virgin (Littlestone, Jun 18, 2009, 07:21)
Re: Circles under churches (hotaire, Sep 29, 2009, 08:02)
- Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Sep 29, 2009, 12:26)
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    - Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Oct 03, 2009, 18:04)
    - Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Feb 22, 2010, 17:45)
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Re: Circles under churches (drewbhoy, May 18, 2010, 20:55)
- Re: Circles under churches (tjj, May 18, 2010, 23:33)
  - Re: Circles under churches (tiompan, May 19, 2010, 07:53)
    - Re: Circles under churches (drewbhoy, May 19, 2010, 11:31)
Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, May 20, 2010, 10:12)
- Re: Circles under churches (drewbhoy, May 20, 2010, 10:14)
Re: Circles under churches (BuckyE, Jun 09, 2010, 13:36)
- Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Jun 09, 2010, 13:54)
Re: Circles under churches (Littlestone, Aug 28, 2017, 13:02)
- Re: Circles under churches (Rhiannon, Aug 28, 2017, 14:57)
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Re: Circles under churches (david gregg, Nov 22, 2017, 14:47)
- Re: Circles under churches (moss, Nov 22, 2017, 16:25)
  - Re: Circles under churches (tjj, Nov 22, 2017, 18:09)
    - Re: Circles under churches (moss, Nov 23, 2017, 06:18)
    - Re: Circles under churches (david gregg, Nov 23, 2017, 16:39)
      - Re: Circles under churches (tjj, Nov 23, 2017, 19:54)
- Re: Circles under churches (juamei, Nov 24, 2017, 11:08)

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