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LOST SUSSEX! Wolstonbury, Hollingbury, Sarsens etc

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olly O
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?

D danielspaniel
danielspaniel May 27, 2005 12:54:52
Replying to olly

Hi olly,

Where did you hear this stone was called 'old boat'? Old boat corner is down the road a bit, isn't it? I reckon this baby was definitely stood up at one point, and when it was I think it's quartzy whiteness would have been visible from afar. I must get my binoculars out on Wolstonbury and see if you can see it.

I think the stones at the dewpond were the ones I found, but it'd be great if you could point them out at some point. Must get back there and check the view.

I find the romanised pagan shrine theory very convincing. We know this happened a lot, and the Saxon burials show the site had some lasting significance. I don't buy the theory that they were buried there as criminals or outcasts as it was on an old boundary. Not sure of any Roman Temple action on Hollingbury though(?)

I wonder what that carving is all about? Quite small, isn't it? Wonder when it was done?

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