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Chamber pillar a fossil tree trunk?

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Pete G P
Pete G May 13, 2009 00:08:45
Replying to Pete G

have you looked into where the nearest source of fossillised wood has been found to the site?
Is it unique to the area or is there a wide girth of finds?
PeteG

R Rupert Soskin
Rupert Soskin May 13, 2009 00:14:35
Replying to Pete G

There are no fossil tree sites known in the area. I asked an old lecturer of mine who thought it could be a schist or other metamorphic rock. The problem remains though, that if it's rock worked to a cylindrical shape, why did they do such a crap job? You couldn't accidentally create the irregularities of wood grain.