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tiompan Mar 3, 2013 09:49:04
Replying to Sanctuary

Sanctuary wrote:
"If you had all those pieces laid out on the ground you'd never put them back together like that again would you dad!"
That's the point ,it's not what you would do , or anyone else , modern or otherwise , it's what was done . It's not an exercise in common sense building , it's a portal tomb .

N nigelswift
nigelswift Mar 3, 2013 10:07:35
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
That's the point ,it's not what you would do , or anyone else , modern or otherwise , it's what was done . It's not an exercise in common sense building , it's a portal tomb .
Well of course, if you assume that belief and tradition rather than efficiency and practicality were the things driving the form of construction then there is little to be learned from looking at how the thing is put together. As you say it just "is".

L Littlestone
Littlestone Mar 3, 2013 10:21:14
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
It's not an exercise in common sense building , it's a portal tomb .
Surely you’re not suggesting the (original) builders would choose a less stable construction over a more stable one? We’re talking about a people who knew their materials and understood the properties and limitations of those materials inside out. The fact that the structures have survived so long is proof positive of that.

If anyone doubts Sanctuary's findings at Trethevy they should watch his latest DVD.

B bladup
bladup Mar 3, 2013 12:25:13
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
Sanctuary wrote:
"If you had all those pieces laid out on the ground you'd never put them back together like that again would you dad!"
That's the point ,it's not what you would do , or anyone else , modern or otherwise , it's what was done . It's not an exercise in common sense building , it's a portal tomb .
This is right, I believe the builders even had capstones that rocked just like the logan stones that inspired them in the first place, George is right and common sense doesn't come into it, it was all about what impressed the most or/and was defying nature the most, eg madly sloping stones or ones that even rocked, those Irish ones [like Aghnacliff Portal Tomb - http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2015/aghnacliff.html] with it's 3 stones on one side supporting the capstone certainly defy logic.