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Rupert Soskin Jun 3, 2008 17:34:49
Replying to megadread

Ahem indeed!
The thing for me is, if the Presellis were a sacred or important site, there is a kind of rationale for building them into Stonehenge. If on the other hand, they were simply glacial 'erratics', I don't see why they would have been any more important than any other kind of stone.

M moss
moss Jun 3, 2008 18:00:35
Replying to Rupert Soskin

Rupert Soskin wrote:
Ahem indeed!
The thing for me is, if the Presellis were a sacred or important site, there is a kind of rationale for building them into Stonehenge. If on the other hand, they were simply glacial 'erratics', I don't see why they would have been any more important than any other kind of stone.
Yes, yes it is a sacred site, thats what Wainwright and Darvill feel....you have to go there and see for yourself. Its the highest land mass seen from Ireland, I think it's strange shape within the landscape would have made it important and it was probably a trade route for all that gold we have down here in the west.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/54328/images/carn_meini.html
It is stunning on a sunny day, with the stone river at the bottom and the natural 'longbarrows' or outcrops facing it.

Moel Drygarn with its three massive stone cairns is also part of the (sacred?) landscape there as well.....

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/63443