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bawn79 Dec 6, 2006 17:17:59
Replying to fitzcoraldo

fitzcoraldo wrote:
The idea of a monument surrounded by woodland with avenues cut through the trees would undoubtably increase the visual (and perhaps the accoustic) impact the monument could have on it's visitors and heighten the theatricallity of any rituals perfomed.
The selective removal of trees could be used to create avenues of approach and control access to a monument. The same method could also be used to emphasise or restrict certain viewpoints.
I think the avenue idea sounds brilllant it would be very impressive. However the logistics involved in doing this work for a smaller site probably wouldnt make sense.
Plus back in the Neolithic surely the country (Ireland or Britain) must have been swarming with forest.

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fitzcoraldo Dec 6, 2006 18:41:50
Replying to bawn79

bawn79 wrote:
fitzcoraldo wrote:
The idea of a monument surrounded by woodland with avenues cut through the trees would undoubtably increase the visual (and perhaps the accoustic) impact the monument could have on it's visitors and heighten the theatricallity of any rituals perfomed.
The selective removal of trees could be used to create avenues of approach and control access to a monument. The same method could also be used to emphasise or restrict certain viewpoints.
I think the avenue idea sounds brilllant it would be very impressive. However the logistics involved in doing this work for a smaller site probably wouldnt make sense.
Plus back in the Neolithic surely the country (Ireland or Britain) must have been swarming with forest.
It's just a thought, I've no proof to offer.
Deforestation was well under way in the Neolithic.
It could also be a possiblity that these sites started as forest clearings. We know that areas of forest that are cleared are good places to hunt game and also encourge the growth of useful trees such as hazel.
As for the logistics. If them fellas could create the stone monuments then I'm sure ring-barking a bunch of trees wouldn't present too much of a problem.
I guess the circles may be just the ruined remains of what could have been much greater monuments after all the most readily available material of the day was timber.