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Re: A question about a holed stone in Penwith
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[quote="GLADMANInteresting... 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?[/quote]

Once I saw a very large stone, several metres, propped up on a small building site. So I says to a senior archaeologist about how it has obviously just been moved and should the site of its removal be looked and. Her reply - that now the stone has been moved the context has been lost. Blimey.


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wideford
Posted by wideford
9th May 2010ce
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