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tiompan May 6, 2016 10:37:50
Replying to Andy Norfolk

Andy Norfolk wrote:
Go and read his book - you'll find you are wrong.
I read it when it was first published , saw the probelms and commented on them at the time .
The data that has been presented about the most recently noted errors
(2 nights ago ) came from the book .They show him to be wrong in the most basic sense .

If they are correct show me where I am wrong , and while you are at it tell Bob Forrest he is wrong too .
Of course this does not include the huge amount of problems found throught the books that have been presented since they were written .

A Andy Norfolk
Andy Norfolk May 6, 2016 13:03:47
Replying to tiompan

One example of a misleading claim made in this thread relates to the Men an Tol.

Firstly let's be absolutely clear that this is not the same as the Tolven, which is an entirely different monument many miles away near Gweek at SW 7063 2770

It has been said that John Michell gave an inaccurate grid reference for the Men an Tol. This is wrong

John Michell gave the grid reference for the Men an Tol as 4264 3493

Heritage Gateway National Heritage listing gives SW 42644 34942

Historic Cornwall web site gives SW 4265 3494

John Barnatt in "Prehistoric Cornwall" had SW 4264 3493

Cheryl Straffon has it at SW 4264 3493

Cornwall HER has SW 4265 3494

But of course John Michell was working with 6" OS maps and in TOSOLE you can see that the position of Men an Tol is accurately shown on these maps and so are alignments in the area. He did not rely on grid references to check alignments - he went and looked and used accurate maps.