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Trethevy Quoit​…Cornwall's Megalithic Masterpiece

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harestonesdown Apr 2, 2013 18:32:48
Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:
someone took the backstone from where it had fallen and propped it up at the front of the tomb as a buttress? (I assume that is what the front stone is supposed to be, the moved backstone?).
If by "buttress" you're referring to the stone leaning against the (supportive) doorstone, from my understanding you've misunderstood mate.

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thesweetcheat Apr 2, 2013 18:37:52
Replying to harestonesdown

Roy said yesterday that no stones had been removed from site, particularly not the backstone. He also said that the fallen/leaning stone in the chamber is not the backstone. So where's the backstone been moved to?

Sorry, I assumed the suggestion was that it was the stone moved to form the "buttress" - if it isn't that means the backstone is now somewhere else in the structure and also that another stone has been moved to form the "buttress".

There's too many stones being moved about for no good reason here, and all between 1824 and 1850. Surely some of the writers in the mid-19 century would have known/been told about a substantial remodelling of the structure in the previous 20 years?!