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Standing with Stones DVD

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scubi63 Jan 25, 2008 19:38:16

Replying to ocifant

Hi Ocifant

When you get around to watching it let me know what do you think about the fossilised tree in Bryn Celli Ddu theory....very interesting.

:o)

Chris

ocifant Jan 25, 2008 20:01:18

Replying to scubi63

Will do. Sounds intruiging.

Michael Bott Jan 25, 2008 21:15:21

Replying to scubi63

scubi63 wrote:

Hi Ocifant

When you get around to watching it let me know what do you think about the fossilised tree in Bryn Celli Ddu theory....very interesting.

:o)

Chris

Yes, Rupert and I would love to hear other folks' take on that little monolith in the chamber at Bryn Celli Ddu. Once seen that way, we found it very difficult to see it as anything else - but we'd be happy to hear other explanations for the texture, shape and 'cut' marks.

ocifant Jan 27, 2008 20:12:15

Replying to scubi63

Well, I've watched it now. What can I say?

An excellent DVD, well worth the money, but at the same time it left me wanting...

I can't help feeling there's TV series in there somewhere - so many sites were included, many only in passing but so many more were omitted. I can understand the reasoning - as was said in the film, we could still be watching in a year's time! So why not? The regional split was good - I can easily see a series where each region is the subject of one or two episodes giving wider coverage of the various sites - the Rollrights section was a good example of what could be done with each site - a bit of history, a bit of folklore, and a bit of archaeology thrown in.

This is in no way a criticism, BTW. I just want more!!