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Alton Priors

Circles under churches

FourWinds F
FourWinds Apr 30, 2005 08:42:17
Replying to Littlestone

>> but the stones just seem to have been used there without any symbolic gesture of assimilation

I would say that using them for the entrance could be particularly symbolic

L Littlestone
Littlestone Apr 30, 2005 09:46:28
Replying to FourWinds

> I would say that using them for the entrance could be particularly symbolic

Yeah... didn't think of that. Alternatively, the stones could have just been seen as a ready source of building material - just as they were at Avebury.

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