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Keith D K
Keith D May 18, 2004 22:23:23
Replying to TimP

Well, the CARN database shows 20+ monuments within a couple of hundred metres of the "278" location. If there were accurate positional information for these we would not have to ask people which one was which, we would know. If we knew the site number we could look up the reference and answer the question ourselves.
I notice modern archaeologists are not above using GPS occasionally, I wonder why?

G greywether
greywether May 18, 2004 23:23:06
Replying to Keith D

We can resolve this quite quickly, I believe.

Forget about CARN. Forget about GPSs and all the other modern toys we use.

Can someone who remembers the old fashioned ways just look up the Inventory for a ring cairn in the area which looks like this

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/25505

and tell us

(1) what it's called and
(2) what's its 6-figure grid ref in the Inventory

We then use that info to create another site.

There may be some tidying up to do thereafter but we'll be cooking by then.