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Lubin L
Lubin Dec 9, 2005 16:52:03
Replying to Paulus

As I said in my post a few months ago, I was up in the area [Minnions, Cornwall] around 1994 with one of the Archaeologists From County Hall at Truro, while I was a member of a Tinworkings Research Group. We looked at the tinworkings all over the area, covering times from the Medieval to the 1800's. The ore was streamed in the earlier times and mined in the later times . The archaeologist taking us around took us up onto the Cheesering to look at Stowe's Pound and also showed us this stone , which I think he said was the Jubilee Stone, done by the miners to comemorate one of Victoria's jubilee's. It apparently plays God Save The Queen in small bangs made by putting dinamite in the small indentations.

Hope that is helpfull to all.

Peace Lubin.

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Dec 9, 2005 17:03:28
Replying to Lubin

But the thing <i>is</i>, is that just folklore masquarading as fact?! Just because An Archaeologist said it, does that give it sufficient weight as the Truth? After all, there's a stone somewhere where the indentations are said to be caused by a fairy's high heeled shoes. That's easier to dismiss as a poor explanation, especially in the current century, though it might have been taken as fact in a similar way in the past. This 'god save the queen' thing sounds suspiciously similar to me. Still, it might be true.

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