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pollisoir and cup marked stone at Fyfield down

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moss Apr 21, 2009 06:20:14

Replying to crazycraigee

Chance has just put a couple of photos of an axe from the Keiller Collection which may have once graced/grazed the pollisoir stone....

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/1973/polisher.html

and there is also other evidence in his fieldnotes for other stones being reused along the Avenue and the Outer circle; that is of course if they are being 'read' correctly by the archaeologist...

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10827/standing_stone_with_axe_grinding_marks.html

Stoneshifter Apr 21, 2009 09:53:01

Replying to moss

Hmmm, so it was once stood upright? Well, that puts it in the same class of rocks which includes ( http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/339/devils_arrows.html ). Those are rough northern examples but a similar principle perhaps ...