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No, that's fine, I understand.

My main objection isn't really which stone is which, it's that a simple explanation involving the backstone falling and lying where it fell (in the chamber) is being dismissed, but replaced with a very complex series of events involving several stones being moved, all in a short period of time between reported visits, but not being mentioned by anyone.

People like W.C. Borlase asked the locals about the sites he visited, surely someone would have mentioned a big engineering job being undertaken in recent times (living memory), wouldn't they?

The trouble with that is just because the "backstone" was stood up in the 1800's doesn't mean it was in it's right place, we'd need to know weather the capstone was resting on it for it to really matter, and Roy's already said that the moving could in fact have happened in prehistory, imagine it been built and it quickly falling, would they'd have said "we'll do it again but not in the same way", i believe that stone stood at the back but that doesn't make it for certain the original backstone, I bought his book because i've always thought since i first saw the place 2002 that somethings wrong and out of place and every visit since i've thought the same thing and hopefully Roy's book will give me the answer i've been looking for since 2002.