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gjrk Oct 7, 2009 14:59:24
Replying to tiompan

Assuming the theory is correct, that it is a complete circle, doesn't 25 stones in a circle of diameter 10m seem claustrophobic? Unless the stones were low-sized, I suppose, or narrow.

It's a very similar size to many multiple ASCs which would have had 11 or 13 stones for a roughly equivalent circumference. Drombeg (17) and Carrigagrenane (19) excepted.

He does say that it's a max figure, but what he was looking at would have determined his estimate.

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tiompan Oct 7, 2009 15:14:09
Replying to gjrk

gjrk wrote:
Assuming the theory is correct, that it is a complete circle, doesn't 25 stones in a circle of diameter 10m seem claustrophobic? Unless the stones were low-sized, I suppose, or narrow.

It's a very similar size to many multiple ASCs which would have had 11 or 13 stones for a roughly equivalent circumference. Drombeg (17) and Carrigagrenane (19) excepted.

He does say that it's a max figure, but what he was looking at would have determined his estimate.

Yep ,it's almost like a kerb cairn but nothing in the centre . Down Tor is the nearest I can think of 11.3 m in diameter with 25 stones .I assume they have just extrapolated from the sockets they have . From 9 sockets it has become a circle of bluestones that have subsequently removed to another monument , for me that is quite a leap of faith as the evidence for any of the three points , particularly the last two is minimal .

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