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baza B
baza Jan 24, 2003 07:17:54
Replying to Rhiannon

That`s better! :-)

>I must have got the name from somewhere

Yes, but, you must agree, it`s better that their ignorance is not transferred onto this site. I don`t particularly like the name `The Hoarstones`. In the Greater Midlands area, there are many `Hoar Stones` or some corruption of that name. I would prefer this circle to have a different name, yet, although very few people know more about this site than I do, I have no authority to change tradition.

I feel sorry for poor little Circle 275, in Conwy, which hasn`t got a name, just a number. I`d give it one, if I could.

We`re still left with the problem of The Hoarstones appearing under `South Wales and the Borders`, whereas Mitchells Fold, less than two miles to the south, comes under ` Gwynedd, Clwyd & N. Powys`, as in the book. Is this a problem for Holy?

Mitchells Fold and The Hoarstones should be grouped together.


baz

B BlueGloves
BlueGloves Jan 24, 2003 08:30:23
Replying to baza

It's no consolation but if you look at the browser and zoom to where Durham and Northumberland and Cumbria meet there is something called the Mare and Foal. There's a one digit error in that map reference and so it's in the wrong place.

I've found more bits of the Mare and Foal nearby, which I've called the Mare and Foal outlier (though it's probably the other way round) and that's in the correct place on the map. There are more bits to find as well - stones half a mile away and so on - and this whole area is neglected by megalithic explorers.

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