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moss M
moss Feb 29, 2008 12:53:37
Replying to Littlestone

Littlestone wrote:
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You're right Moth. I can't see that the road could be widened towards the circle without cutting down some or all of the trees, and that would not only destroy the ambience of the circle it would bringing the road perilously close to the stones. Widening on the other side of the road would bring it closer to the King Stone - not good either :-(

There's a good photo on Pastscape showing just how close the circle is to the road, and only a very thin layer of trees protecting it...

http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=332813

L Littlestone
Littlestone Feb 29, 2008 13:51:55
Replying to moss

There's a good photo on Pastscape showing just how close the circle is to the road, and only a very thin layer of trees protecting it...

http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=332813

Yes, and if you click on the Read more about this photograph link, and then on the magnifying glass, you'll get a pretty good close-up of both the circle and the King Stone (on the left). There's someone crossing over the road between the circle and the King Stone; trying to do that with more heavy and fast moving vehicles coming at you isn't going to be much fun.