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Trethevy Quoit​…Cornwall's Megalithic Masterpiece

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thesweetcheat Apr 2, 2013 19:23:40
Replying to bladup

This one shows the two overlapping stones you mean (I think!)

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/95720/trethevy_quoit.html

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harestonesdown Apr 2, 2013 19:27:37
Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:
This one shows the two overlapping stones you mean (I think!)

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/95720/trethevy_quoit.html

Does that arrangement look right to you Alken ?

B bladup
bladup Apr 2, 2013 19:31:51
Replying to thesweetcheat

Yes, the stone the capstone rests on isn't meant to have the capstone on it at all, it's odd that it rests so well on it, the only way to explain it would be that the builders planned it to land like that if it collapsed, they were clever but to plan for a collapse is maybe pushing it, i think the stone the boy in the photo is against has been moved.