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Megalithics Feb 25, 2012 18:27:48
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
"Of course there may be some "Stonehenge" style concrete hidden away below the earth. "

There is .
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=424271

We were interested by this part of the Pastscape description :-

"Although hole stones are not generally associated with stone circles they have been shown to form part of these monuments in Scotland."

Any idea which Scottish circles they are refering to?

T tiompan
tiompan Feb 25, 2012 19:54:24
Replying to Megalithics

Megalithics wrote:
tiompan wrote:
"Of course there may be some "Stonehenge" style concrete hidden away below the earth. "

There is .
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=424271

We were interested by this part of the Pastscape description :-

"Although hole stones are not generally associated with stone circles they have been shown to form part of these monuments in Scotland."

Any idea which Scottish circles they are refering to?

The only ones that come to mind are at Ballymeanoch , Craw Stone (Wigtownshire ) and Odin Stone Orkney none of which were components of stone circles .

T tomwatts
tomwatts Feb 26, 2012 14:16:45
Replying to Megalithics

...A holed stone was uncovered at The Ness Of Brodgar last year....but inside a building...