It's really difficult to tell sometimes which way up a fallen stone was placed. It's also difficult to tell - without excavation, whether a stone was even set upright - or not.

I've not seen any of Keillor's work so I can't really comment. My own approach has been to study for thirty years before starting to attempt to put stones back up.

We found another new cupmarked stone, on Sunday, near to a stone circle named Stell Green, Simonburn, Northumberland. It's half a mile north of the Roman Wall, in that part of the country that so often is shown in winter landscapes.

Not written to Stan yet - the stone is very eroded.

david