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Rune R
Rune Feb 4, 2005 20:45:37
Replying to FourWinds

Hi FourWinds,

Thanks, I'll look forward to it. It just seems as though the door to such an incredible place *should* be marked, somehow, particularly as it's between the entrancestone and the roofbox.

The guided tour is so fast, I got really rushed through last time, I'd wanted to look at the back of the entrancestone on the way out (I'm fairly sure it's just natural) but I was over the steps and halfway to the bus stop before I thought "Oh, wait a minute, I was going to....." by which time of course it was far too late!

Rune

C CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam Feb 5, 2005 00:29:36
Replying to Rune

The door stone is now quite brutally bolted to the enlarged enterance, I had a good look at it when I was there on the solstice as there were no guided tours and you could have a good look around, its not carved in any way on the front and sides as far as I could see. One thing is for sure, this stone ain't movin' for the foreseeable future. I'm fairly certain its not carved on the side thats hidden, I was there with a guy who had been in the 50's when it was used mostly for grazing cattle and I heard him remark that even then the doorstone looked so plain compared to the enterance stone.

This is the best photo I have of it, cropped from a much larger photo of the enterance...

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