Re: What criteria for a natural TMA monument? | Forum

GLADMAN Jan 4, 2011 20:37:47

Replying to postman

postman wrote:

Ooh I thought I was finally going to find out what on earth a shake hole is, of course ive seen plenty of 'em but thought they were some kind of surface mining jobby.
If it isnt, I dont see how it cant have been involved in the monument, the one at Saith maen is deep and I wouldnt like to take a tumble down it, nor would an ancient stone watcher, therefore it must be an integral part of the whole.

Glad to hear you are of the same opinion. Shake holes are completely natural, caused by the limestone dissolving and collapsing in on itself... so for a stone row to just happen to be placed dangerously close to the edge of one is surely not gonna happen. What could have been the idea though? The entrance to the underworld or something?

postman Jan 4, 2011 20:47:59

Replying to GLADMAN

Thanks for that Sweety, now I know. I never payed them any heed for thinking they were manmade, you learn something new everyday, well maybe every other day.

Perhaps the sinkhole opened up during their time and it was felt necessary
to construct the row right there and then, some kind of protection from it happening again, or ( and it cloys to suggest but...) as part of a healing process for the earth, acupuncture like.

tiompan Jan 4, 2011 20:53:53

Replying to GLADMAN

GLADMAN wrote:

postman wrote:

There's a much bigger one 108m across as opposed to 18m about 180 metres to the north . The mining stuff is sometimes a bell pit .