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Is a "line of stones" a prehistoric row? 30 clues

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Rhiannon R
Rhiannon Mar 14, 2014 10:41:04
Replying to nigelswift

The kink in the line of stones following the kink in the edge of the viewshed makes it look convincing (that Hartland Point has some importance)?

I was just wondering is there some physical feature that makes the line of stones bend at that point? could it be straight there instead? (so the implication is they deliberately put a bend in it at that point)

It reminds me of the 'partial sea views' promised by the holiday cottage adverts I've been looking at recently :)

But a sea view is nice isn't it. It reminds me of lands and islands that come and go magically in the mist (or otherwise). And Hartland Point did strike me as a bit strange when I went there. So it also seems suitable :)

E Evergreen Dazed
Evergreen Dazed Mar 14, 2014 11:48:48
Replying to Rhiannon

Rhiannon wrote:
I was just wondering is there some physical feature that makes the line of stones bend at that point? could it be straight there instead? (so the implication is they deliberately put a bend in it at that point)
I know it's not the same thing as this example at all, but the bend in the row at Down Tor has always intrigued me. It's sort of like an optical illusion, in that viewed from one position it appears dead straight, yet from another there is clearly a 'curve' to it.

N nigelswift
nigelswift Mar 14, 2014 12:31:20
Replying to Rhiannon

"I was just wondering is there some physical feature that makes the line of stones bend at that point?"

I haven't been there but I understand not. The juxtaposition between the line of stones and the "vanishing point" of Hartland Point (which, bear in mind, is the vanishing point for the whole Devon view) is very close. A couple of steps to the left and it's gone. On the other hand as you step to the right more and more of Devon becomes visible. So it's tempting to think that the cemetery was there because the deceased could still see the Homeland and the row was not so much pointing to Hartland as defining the boundary of the cemetery. It would be nice and human wouldn't it, wishing to be buried within view of the ancestral home? I'd quite like to be.

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