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GLADMAN wrote: thesweetcheat wrote: Pretty sure it's a modern addition June, although I've never seen it before. There are quite a number of megalithic follies around Penwith (there's even a fake stone circle near the coast path between St Ives and Zennor!). There are some holed stones at Tregeseal, though, aren't there? - although I've never actually got to them being near to such a fantastic 'circle. Plus Odin's stone at Stenness, of course. Interesting... with the discussions we had recently about the prehistoric pedigree of cairns, I guess the same arguments apply to standing stones? How do we know, without excavation, whether a standing stone is the real deal or just erected by a farmer as a scratching post? You're right, we don't! Our recent trip to the North York moors was interesting, there are lots of standing stones (some very large) but very little evidence one way or another of prehistoric-ness. The holed stones at Tregeseal are great: http://www.themodernantiquaria[...]73/tregeseal_holed_stones.html and there is a holed stone in use as a gatepost even nearer to Merry Maidens which seems to be generally accepted as ancient even though we've all seen hundreds of suspiciously megalithic gateposts (particularly in the SW and the Peak District). http://www.themodernantiquaria[...]e/4822/choone_holed_stone.html Reply | with quote |  9th May 2010ce 16:22 In reply to: Re: A question about a holed stone in Penwith (GLADMAN) |
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