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tiompan May 13, 2014 10:12:06
Replying to cerrig

cerrig wrote:
I did say there are 5 monuments in the arrangement George , including the recumbent stone . The triangles are regular , and precise , as confirmed by measurement on the ground . There is more to the relative sizes that also link them all together. Your contention that this could be anything other than deliberate has little merit I believe , as all the monuments in the area are involved , there is no chance event here .
The definition of a regular triangle is :A regular triangle is one for which all sides are congruent and all interior angles are congruent. That is not what we find . If there was one it might be more interesting . At best it is two "vees "of differing length , with a margin of error due to the diameters of the cairn and ringwork for both . All the "monuments " are different and undated , one is a rock in a ditch another is a "platform ". I don't believe your contention that the distances as measured on a map between some of the points shows intentionality , has any merit ,for various reasons mentioned earlier .

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tiompan May 13, 2014 14:22:49
Replying to tiompan

Here’s an example of four monuments all roughly the same period and type and certainly prehistoric (two chambered cairns ((one of which has rc dates of bone 3650 to 3380 Cal BC)) , a tumulus with a cist ((including RC dates 3660 to 3380 cal BC)) and a cairn with a cist )with similar distances to the three main Maen Llia examples . With no other monuments within their greater “triangle “ .
See : http://tinyurl.com/ljgn5lp

“Ossians” mound =1 ,The westernmost chambered cairn=2 , the cairn =3 and the easternmost chambered cairn i.e. Torrylinn =4 . Among the four monuments are three separate groups of equidistant measurements .
1-2=276m , 2-3 =276 m, 1-4=615m , 2-4=615 m and 1-4=334m , 3-4=331m .
This is one pair of equidistant measures more than at Maen Llia ,with one less monument , all the monuments are roughly contemporaneous and certainly prehistoric .
N.b. this is mentioned for demonstration purposes only and there is absolutely no suggestion that it is a newly discovered example of the siting of monuments by measure .