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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 .

S Sanctuary
Sanctuary Feb 25, 2012 20:27:02
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
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 .
Oh I've just come across this. George, you're into alignments aren't you. This is from the Cornwall Society and they are suggesting the holed stone was part of the outer circle of stones and used for observation. If so, I suppose it could have been moved around possibly?
http://people.bath.ac.uk/prsrlp/kernunos/england/menantol.htm