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Maumbury Rings and lost standing stones

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Rhiannon Feb 20, 2007 17:28:39

Replying to tiompan

I see the more modern housing is laid out on the same axis - they were on a nice straight line. Is it not possible they were the stones for marking the ends of strips of fields. Course, they could have been prehistoric couldn't they.

Rhiannon Feb 20, 2007 17:29:37

Replying to Rhiannon

ps some of them actually say 'stones' not stone, if that's relevant?

tiompan Feb 20, 2007 17:50:32

Replying to Rhiannon

Rhiannon wrote:

Hello Rhiannon , that's what I was wondering ,modern or otherwise ,they are all aligned to the centre of the henge but they may have been bits of dyke etc.