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Trethevy Quoit​…Cornwall's Megalithic Masterpiece

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Sanctuary S
Sanctuary Apr 1, 2013 23:07:21
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
Sanctuary wrote:
tiompan wrote:
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tiompan wrote:
Trethvy is the easily the closest to Zennor including an ante chamber stone , the one with the padstone .
It's not an anti-chamber stone, it's part of the main structure. LOOK at the top of it and the straight upright edge.
Why is not an ante-chamber stone ? it doesn't have to be separated from the main structure .
It doesn't belong there George. It has been 'borrowed' from the main structure and being used as a buttress. We've been here before. The anti-chamber idea is a myth at Trethevy. Stones are not where they should be.
That is only what you believe Roy , others think differently . If it were a buttress why remove it from the structure when it would make more sense to leave it and bring in a buttress from outside and set it like a buttress rather than at the angle the ante chmber is found . There are precedents for ante chamber stones including one nearby , where are the precedents for buttresses ?
Others only think differently George because they have not researched the quoit correctly. I know it sounds an outrageous claim but its true. I'm not giving everything away, why should I? I repeat yet again. Take a long hard look at the 'buttress' stone. It belongs elsewhere. Put it back where it came from and you have no ante-chamber/porch whatever all the old boys said we had. We hadn't. You ask 'Where are the precedents for buttresses'? Everywhere when a structure begins to collapse. When Paul gets his book he'll probably tell you. Mind you he'll spoil it for everyone else then :-)

B bladup
bladup Apr 1, 2013 23:25:12
Replying to Sanctuary

I can be discreet, wink wink nudge nudge, I wouldn't give it away that easily, i am biased though and believe trethevy was once more Zennor like, if your theory makes it less like Zennor but makes sense i'll throw out my bias, does your way make it more or less like Zennor Roy?

T tiompan
tiompan Apr 1, 2013 23:35:17
Replying to Sanctuary

Sanctuary wrote:
tiompan wrote:
Sanctuary wrote:
tiompan wrote:
Sanctuary wrote:
tiompan wrote:
Trethvy is the easily the closest to Zennor including an ante chamber stone , the one with the padstone .
It's not an anti-chamber stone, it's part of the main structure. LOOK at the top of it and the straight upright edge.
Why is not an ante-chamber stone ? it doesn't have to be separated from the main structure .
It doesn't belong there George. It has been 'borrowed' from the main structure and being used as a buttress. We've been here before. The anti-chamber idea is a myth at Trethevy. Stones are not where they should be.
That is only what you believe Roy , others think differently . If it were a buttress why remove it from the structure when it would make more sense to leave it and bring in a buttress from outside and set it like a buttress rather than at the angle the ante chmber is found . There are precedents for ante chamber stones including one nearby , where are the precedents for buttresses ?
Others only think differently George because they have not researched the quoit correctly. I know it sounds an outrageous claim but its true. I'm not giving everything away, why should I? I repeat yet again. Take a long hard look at the 'buttress' stone. It belongs elsewhere. Put it back where it came from and you have no ante-chamber/porch whatever all the old boys said we had. We hadn't. You ask 'Where are the precedents for buttresses'? Everywhere when a structure begins to collapse. When Paul gets his book he'll probably tell you. Mind you he'll spoil it for everyone else then :-)
Roy you haven't responded to question about why the builders would use a stone already part of the structure to use as a buttress when it would make sense to use something from outside and why doesn't it look like a buttress ?
The precedent was the use of a buttress at a portal tomb ,we already have the precedents for ante chmber stones .
How does one research a quoit "correctly " ?

"it belongs elsewhere " is incredibly subjective you could say that about any stone , it doesn't mean that it came from elsewhere in the structure