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CianMcLiam Sep 27, 2005 00:19:43

http://www.theirishcottage.com/ILL-Irish-Cottage-dolmen-Ireland.html

"This Dolmen was fashioned after the famous Poulnabrone (The Hole of the Sorrows) Dolmen, Co. Clare.

After extensive research (!!!!!!!!! my exclamation marks!) and engineering it was erected by our very own David K. Sproule of the Fever River Stone Company, Galena, Ill. A stonemason of reknown whose Irish ancestry hailed from Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, Ireland and later settled in Galena Illinois, February 1836."

The tourists will be so dissapointed when they see the real thing, not nearly as lovely I'm sure you'll agree: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/38102

StoneLifter Sep 27, 2005 08:14:52

Replying to CianMcLiam

It's very difficult to get piled-up stones looking right. It looks easy (but it's not). It's said that the Stonehenge triliths had no precedent but, of course, they did.

Rhiannon Sep 27, 2005 13:26:44

Replying to CianMcLiam

After extensive research eh.. which obviously didn't involve looking at the original.
It's just not right is it. Looks more modelled on a milking stool.

Goes to show that more thought than you might imagine went into selecting and arranging the stones for these constructions, in many cases. Their 'artlessness' belies their actual erm grace and aesthetic whathaveyou, and the amount of consideration they must have taken.

juamei Sep 27, 2005 16:13:07

Replying to CianMcLiam

Reminds me a bit of the Hellstone in Dorset.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/323

mike croley Sep 27, 2005 18:40:32

Replying to CianMcLiam

Is it on a ley?

mike