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StoneGloves Feb 15, 2010 12:34:43

Replying to nigelswift

Somewhere I recall a theory, or a record, that there was a very tall stone at the centre of (was-it?) the southern circle. More a maypole than a totem pole, perhaps. Be careful with that bicycle.

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Littlestone Feb 15, 2010 12:46:57

Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:

Well spotted. ;)

BTW, when I said it was a totem I wasn't meaning to promote the idea of it having a totem pole in it, something that has flashed round the internet based on a bit of a journalistic flourish probably. A buried totem pole is just a bit too daft to count as a reasonable speculation I reckon.

Aye, but then sticking a whacking great oak tree upside down in a wooden circle might also be seen as a bit daft :-) There's no accounting for taste with those pre-history fellas :-)

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VBB Mar 21, 2010 18:47:51

Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:

BTW, when I said it was a totem I wasn't meaning to promote the idea of it having a totem pole in it, something that has flashed round the internet based on a bit of a journalistic flourish probably. A buried totem pole is just a bit too daft to count as a reasonable speculation I reckon.

Ahh but totem is an anagram of motte! (Snigger...).

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VBB Mar 22, 2010 10:16:15

Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:

BTW, when I said it was a totem I wasn't meaning to promote the idea of it having a totem pole in it, something that has flashed round the internet based on a bit of a journalistic flourish probably. A buried totem pole is just a bit too daft to count as a reasonable speculation I reckon.

April 1st 2010 headline:

Anagram of motte [the] ople at the centre of Silbury Hill

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