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When is a standing stone not a​…

BigSweetie B
BigSweetie Apr 7, 2006 13:37:43
Replying to StoneLifter

speaking of when is a standing stone not a standing stone, what do people reckon of this:

http://www.stravaiging.com/blog/images/2006-04-01-obelisk.jpg

(from my latest blog http://www.stravaiging.com/blog/index.php?id=48)

it's high up above Glen Almond, Perthshire. only references I can find to it call it an obelisk rather than a standing stone, which makes me wonder if it's modern. and it's wedged into a fissure in the bedrock rather than stuck in the earth with packing stones - anyone seen anything like that that is definitely ancient?

Cheers
Andy

S StoneLifter
StoneLifter Apr 7, 2006 14:17:50
Replying to BigSweetie

Obelisks aren't that shape (they terminate in a pyramid). A modern erection would have a level top, perhaps ? Where, in the valleys below, is this stone intended to be viewed from ?

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