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danielspaniel May 11, 2005 13:49:57
Replying to olly

hi olly,

dew pond and submerged stones TQ 323111:
found one stone under the trees by the dewpond, but couldn't see any others, are they in the pond? They could have been covered in mud!

stone at TQ 323109:
We were thinking of the same stone, I took some photos this morning. It's quite quartzy and twinkly in the sun. I have posted the photos here: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/socpsy/old%20boat/index.htm
managed to spot and photo the carving as well.
You can see the top of Wolstonbury from this stone (through the bushes).

Gonna go and have a look around Stanmer in a bit I reckon and try and get more photos of rocks.

Must say I am a bit disapointed other Sussex TMA'ers aren't giving me their tuppence worth. Must be too busy fighting swastika bearing lizards on another thread! ;-D

ah well, I likes talking to meself, anyway.

O olly
olly May 27, 2005 00:33:17
Replying to danielspaniel

now i havent got reguular access to internet but a belated reply is as good as any i guess. those pictures of the stone by ditchling road are great. the old boat analogy could go back a long way. do you think that that stone could have been stood up at some point, maybe it is out of position? the stones by the dew pond are in an oval clearing and the view east from the pond sees caburn and firle peeking over the horizon. now some evidence suggests that caburn had dark wood grove on it before it was cleared in the late bronze age, maybe yew and would have been far more visible, from a distance topped with big trees. Also and this may be a bit imaginative but the rocky clump site could by a romanised pagan shrine like chanctonbury or (i think) the nearby hollingbury. and what do you think of the oval mark on the old boat stone?

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