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bladup Sep 4, 2012 03:19:23
Replying to harestonesdown

harestonesdown wrote:
I believe the polisher isn't in it's original location but was moved there from.............Well i don't really know but that's what i was told. :)

TJJ, Yes, The avenue stone would have been impossible to work in it's current position.

There's also several polishing marks in the West Kennett longbarrow, Some obvious, Some not so, Until you touch them.

I believe there are several dozen more documented (in the Avebury area) but i can't remember the source.

Go and sit at the polisher in the avenue and pretend to polish, it's perfect where it is, the fyfield downs polisher was stood up as well and the main polisher outside the second chamber on the left in west kennet is stood up as well, 3 stones, all polishers and all were stood up when used, honestly just go sit at the 2 still stood up and you'll see what i mean, and when you compare the avebury polishers with the coldrum one, the coldrum one doesn't really convince me, as the markings seem quite natural.

H harestonesdown
harestonesdown Sep 4, 2012 08:08:20
Replying to bladup

bladup wrote:
harestonesdown wrote:
I believe the polisher isn't in it's original location but was moved there from.............Well i don't really know but that's what i was told. :)

TJJ, Yes, The avenue stone would have been impossible to work in it's current position.

There's also several polishing marks in the West Kennett longbarrow, Some obvious, Some not so, Until you touch them.

I believe there are several dozen more documented (in the Avebury area) but i can't remember the source.

Go and sit at the polisher in the avenue and pretend to polish, it's perfect where it is, the fyfield downs polisher was stood up as well and the main polisher outside the second chamber on the left in west kennet is stood up as well, 3 stones, all polishers and all were stood up when used, honestly just go sit at the 2 still stood up and you'll see what i mean, .
With respect i can't disagree more, Having spent many hours by the polisher and the WKLB examples, And a fair bit of time by the WKA one.
I 100% believe in use they would have been recumbent. Using them erect would be quite pointless and the toil would have been extra tortuous, Imo.

G GLADMAN
GLADMAN Sep 4, 2012 18:27:25
Replying to bladup

bladup wrote:
Go and sit at the polisher in the avenue and pretend to polish, it's perfect where it is, the fyfield downs polisher was stood up as well and the main polisher outside the second chamber on the left in west kennet is stood up as well, 3 stones, all polishers and all were stood up when used, honestly just go sit at the 2 still stood up and you'll see what i mean, and when you compare the avebury polishers with the coldrum one, the coldrum one doesn't really convince me, as the markings seem quite natural.
Haven''t been to the avenue - hell, Avebury itself, drive throughs excepted - for a decade. Strange that. Needs rectifying.

Re the Coldrum stone. I was also less than convinced at first... but upon subsequently comparing the erosion with the other kerb stones I reckon there's a good chance the local authorities are right. For what that's worth. To my eyes the wear is completely different to the others, therefore strongly suggesting it is not natural. Stand at a distance and let the light play on it in different ways and you might agree.... Or not. And of course several millennia of additional weather damage would have distorted what was there before as well.