Perhaps I should get things in proportion

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Rhiannon R
Rhiannon Nov 22, 2005 16:19:00
Replying to Rhiannon

An example that pops to mind is Hob's photo here
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/36817
You'd think, without the addition of Mrs H, that the stone was person-sized (is that an inbuilt tendency, to assume they're person sized? Maybe there's something in this human turned to stone thing). Unless that's not Mrs H but a pixie of course.

H Hob
Hob Nov 22, 2005 23:39:54
Replying to Rhiannon

Ah, that'n. It's possibly the most anomalous stone I've ever met.

The other end of the spectrum:http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6187 if Mrs Hob were standing next to that one, it'd probably not reach past her knees.

It's a good point you raise Rhiannon. For example, Vybik's photo* (rather snazzy silhouette, mentioned up the thread) made me do a right old double-take when I read the text about it's height. Sometimes you just can't tell. I seem to recall Goff took a pic of a stone up Orkney way
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/32195 (I recall right it seems)
that is comparably deceptive, but has cattle for reference points. Without the cattle, I'd probably have assumed the stone was about 5-6' tall.

But I imagine Goff never goes anywhere without his conveniently collapsible cardboard-cutout cattle collection.


*More of them please Mr VJ