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What criteria for a natural TMA monument?

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tiompan Jan 4, 2011 20:53:53
Replying to GLADMAN

GLADMAN wrote:
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?
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 .

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GLADMAN Jan 4, 2011 20:58:37
Replying to tiompan

tiompan 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 .
That one's a lot less well defined, though. Like a quarry pit. This one realy looks....well... artificial. Perfect, in fact.

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