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Sanctuary S
Sanctuary Mar 8, 2013 19:26:57
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
I know what you are saying . Most side stones don't form an ideal sealed box . .
They certainly don't if they aren't in the correct place! (tic)

Ahem...note the trimming :-)

T tiompan
tiompan Mar 8, 2013 19:35:07
Replying to Sanctuary

Sanctuary wrote:
tiompan wrote:
I know what you are saying . Most side stones don't form an ideal sealed box . .
They certainly don't if they aren't in the correct place! (tic)

Ahem...note the trimming :-)

Only the "in correct place " from a particualr 21st C view , not the original builders view . They avoided that box , to the extent the box not only had clear intentional gaps , sometimes it didn't even have any sides .

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bladup Mar 8, 2013 19:39:03
Replying to Sanctuary

We're very lucky that the sidestones at Zennor are intact and in the right place, and when you see the dynamite holes you realise just how lucky we are that the money was paid for him to stop.