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Reg Feb 5, 2003 10:10:05

Replying to FourWinds

The hillfort (Caer Cradoc) is to the West and just a little bit to the South, you can just see the stone from there.

Thanks for the scratcher info there's definitely no wool maybe a little bit of burnishing on the corners, there are sheeps hoof prints in the mud directly around the base of the stone.

BlueGloves Feb 5, 2003 10:45:10

Replying to Reg

Sheep just scratch when they're fairly relaxed - unlikely when a stranger is near - unless they're ill.

The rounded hill on the horizon has a profile similar to those found in 'harvest hills'. It doesn't seem uncommon for one of the edges of an upright single stone to be broadly aligned on such a hill - and sometimes the sun will set behind there on a certain day or pair of days ...

'Hag' is an old word for hedge, incidentally ! Still found in the 'Hague'.