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Stones of Stennes

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Orion wrote:
Hello
I wonder if anybody did a survey about the top cutting of the stones of stennes.
I think, the angle the stones are cut is not just by chance.
Any suggestions?
One week point in Thom´s (and other authors) theories is that all visual lines just reflect on a target close to the horizon or landscape. Wouldnt make it sense to hvae lines of sight using cutted edges of these stones?

Sorry for my english

Orion

Ring o' Brodgar has quite a few "angled top " stones and the Comet and watch stones are also so "inclined " .I'm not aware of any survey of the angles , it would be good to see one though and it wouldn't take long each angle and the part of the sky they are orienterd upon , might sort a fw things out . Odd that they are rarely mentioned as mirroring the local hills , maybe I have just missed anyone doing so or maybe they simply don't , you would imagine that would be difficult and if it is the case was it deliberate or did it never matter ?