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moss M
moss Jun 29, 2012 14:34:31
Replying to Sanctuary

Well I have another puzzle, four stone, stone circles, why? they obviously make a square.
When Postman put in the photos a four post setting a few days ago, I had just noticed in a book I was reading the four stones at Walton, Powys, you can see photos

here.....http://www.isleofalbion.co.uk/sites/20/the_four_stones.php

4 to 6 feet in height and about 6 feet space in the middle. Looking at the Meini Hirion stone circle and you can almost see a four stones set in a square, is this because they are a guide to building the circle or entrances. I suppose there is no answer to these enigmatic 4 stoners apart from the long and short of it all.....

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/103765/y_meini_hirion.html

T tiompan
tiompan Jun 29, 2012 14:56:13
Replying to moss

moss wrote:
Well I have another puzzle, four stone, stone circles, why? they obviously make a square.
When Postman put in the photos a four post setting a few days ago, I had just noticed in a book I was reading the four stones at Walton, Powys, you can see photos

here.....http://www.isleofalbion.co.uk/sites/20/the_four_stones.php

4 to 6 feet in height and about 6 feet space in the middle. Looking at the Meini Hirion stone circle and you can almost see a four stones set in a square, is this because they are a guide to building the circle or entrances. I suppose there is no answer to these enigmatic 4 stoners apart from the long and short of it all.....

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/103765/y_meini_hirion.html

Most genuine four posters are on the circumference of a circle .This is also supposed to be one http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/288/clachan_an_diridh.html but clearly the long faces of the stones are not respecting any circumference .

S Sanctuary
Sanctuary Jun 29, 2012 15:08:58
Replying to moss

moss wrote:
Well I have another puzzle, four stone, stone circles, why? they obviously make a square.
When Postman put in the photos a four post setting a few days ago, I had just noticed in a book I was reading the four stones at Walton, Powys, you can see photos

here.....http://www.isleofalbion.co.uk/sites/20/the_four_stones.php

4 to 6 feet in height and about 6 feet space in the middle. Looking at the Meini Hirion stone circle and you can almost see a four stones set in a square, is this because they are a guide to building the circle or entrances. I suppose there is no answer to these enigmatic 4 stoners apart from the long and short of it all.....

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/103765/y_meini_hirion.html

Not sure about being able to prove that they are part of a circle if at least a fifth one is not present like at the Meini Hirion circle which has plenty more. The four there 'seem' to be quite large stones compared to some of the others that have fallen or leaning, so it just may be that they are just more secure in the ground. Difficult ones to answer as you suggest.