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tiompan Sep 2, 2012 11:35:30

Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:

tiompan wrote:

I should have added no suggestion of intentionality .

Phew, that lets off my tool shed and almost every house built by Barratts.
(And the scarp slope of most of the Cotswolds).

Your tool and any house would have a very short roll , not worthy of the term and not seen from an associated prehistoric site . Likewise the Cotswolds scarp slope but more importantly they were not man made .

nigelswift Sep 2, 2012 11:40:07

Replying to tiompan

Christ I hope you mistyped that.

nigelswift Sep 2, 2012 11:44:24

Replying to tiompan

The point I was thinking about regarding the Cotswold scarp was that Silbury's slope is at its natural slope of repose - which adds a whole other uncertainty into claims it was "meant".