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tiompan Jan 29, 2014 14:37:54
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nigelswift wrote:
DoE Guidebook, sixties....

"On the left (west) wall of the vestibule is a tablet bearing an inscription which is a splendid example of Victorian smug self-satisfaction:

THIS TUMULUS, -DECLARED BY COMPETENT JUDGES TO BE THE MOST PERFECT SPECIMEN OF CELTIC ANTIQUITY STILL EXISTING IN GREAT BRITAIN HAVING BEEN MUCH INJURED BY THE LAPSE OF TIME, - OR THE CARELESSNESS OF FORMER PROPRIETORS, WAS RESTORED IN 1858 BY MR T. R. JOLIFFE, THE LORD OF THE HUNDRED; THE DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE BEING PRESERVED, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, WITH SCRUPULOUS - EXACTNESS."

Hehehe!

The tablet ,along with the ammonite and walling and roof construction is considered by Darvill to be a" key thing to look out for " at the site . It's archaeology innit .

N nigelswift
nigelswift Jan 29, 2014 15:13:22
Replying to tiompan

As are all information boards.

That way lies madness but it's true nevertheless.

H harestonesdown
harestonesdown Jan 30, 2014 01:52:36
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
nigelswift wrote:
DoE Guidebook, sixties....

"On the left (west) wall of the vestibule is a tablet bearing an inscription which is a splendid example of Victorian smug self-satisfaction:

THIS TUMULUS, -DECLARED BY COMPETENT JUDGES TO BE THE MOST PERFECT SPECIMEN OF CELTIC ANTIQUITY STILL EXISTING IN GREAT BRITAIN HAVING BEEN MUCH INJURED BY THE LAPSE OF TIME, - OR THE CARELESSNESS OF FORMER PROPRIETORS, WAS RESTORED IN 1858 BY MR T. R. JOLIFFE, THE LORD OF THE HUNDRED; THE DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE BEING PRESERVED, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, WITH SCRUPULOUS - EXACTNESS."

Hehehe!

The tablet ,along with the ammonite and walling and roof construction is considered by Darvill to be a" key thing to look out for " at the site . It's archaeology innit .
And don't forget the Deer/calf lintel at WKLB. :)