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Sanctuary wrote: tiompan wrote: nix wrote: Well it is nice to hear about Margaret She always seemed the perfect combination of mathematician and mythologer. But are the true circles really true? Don't if Avebury is one of these - but it seems very wobbly! Avebury is one of the most uncircular , it has long straight lines e.g. stones 9-24 is over 150 m ,50-58 nearly a 100m ,62-68 is 45m all straight sections Yes, if you were stood in the middle of it and could see all around it, you would describe it as being of circular appearance, but that's as far as you could go with that claim. The view from the builders perpective would have been one where the straight lines were obvious and thus intentional . The greater the number of points the more accurate the description . Brodgar is big has a lot of points and is closer to a circle than many smaller SC's . Reply | with quote |  13th November 2013ce 11:54 In reply to: Re: Stone Not Circle (Sanctuary) |
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