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Stone Not Circle

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tiompan Nov 13, 2013 09:58:33

Replying to nix

nix wrote:

Well it is nice to hear about Margaret
She always seemed the perfect combination of mathematician and mythologer.

But are the true circles really true? Don't if Avebury is one of these - but it seems very wobbly!

Avebury is one of the most uncircular , it has long straight lines e.g. stones 9-24 is over 150 m ,50-58 nearly a 100m ,62-68 is 45m all straight sections

Sanctuary Nov 13, 2013 11:44:16

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

nix wrote:

Well it is nice to hear about Margaret
She always seemed the perfect combination of mathematician and mythologer.

But are the true circles really true? Don't if Avebury is one of these - but it seems very wobbly!

Avebury is one of the most uncircular , it has long straight lines e.g. stones 9-24 is over 150 m ,50-58 nearly a 100m ,62-68 is 45m all straight sections

Yes, if you were stood in the middle of it and could see all around it, you would describe it as being of circular appearance, but that's as far as you could go with that claim.