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Post by redraven on Jun 3, 2009 19:22:23 GMT -1
Arbor Low..... unusually in sunlight RR
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2010 8:11:09 GMT -1
What are peoples opinions on re-standing stones?
Should they be left or be re-stood as their makers intended?
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Post by redraven on May 24, 2010 18:54:27 GMT -1
What are peoples opinions on re-standing stones? If we use Stonehenge as our example, then there are some people who would say that the re-assembly of Stonehenge in the early part of the last century was one of the worst things to have happened to it. Should they be left or be re-stood as their makers intended? TBH, you would need to experience Arbor Low for yourself to determine whether that would be a good thing. I have and have no doubt as to the answer. RR
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Post by potia on May 25, 2010 7:36:44 GMT -1
What are peoples opinions on re-standing stones? Should they be left or be re-stood as their makers intended? I don't think this is something that can have a blanket answer. Each site will vary as to the reasons stones have fallen and the length of time they have been lying. Any decision on re-standing stones would have to be made after careful examination of the site by those who know much more about standing stones and soil movements than I do. Personally I would also like to spirits of the site consulted too but you may find you get different answers from them depending on who asks and how questions are asked.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2010 9:15:58 GMT -1
If we use Stonehenge as our example, then there are some people who would say that the re-assembly of Stonehenge in the early part of the last century was one of the worst things to have happened to it. If that is true was it due to a lack of knowledge/research, wouldn't we be able to do a better job today? have no doubt as to the answer. ...but what if YOU were given the project, would it not be tempting? after careful examination I quite agree, the stones & soil would need to be stable, wouldn't want them falling again!
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2010 9:17:24 GMT -1
...Oops sorry still getting used to 'quotes' ;D
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Post by Lee on May 25, 2010 14:08:11 GMT -1
i dont think there is an easy answer to this one; in some cases perhaps where all of the stones have fallen over it would be... useful to erect them to a former state of standing.
where only a few have toppled then leave them as they are.
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Post by redraven on May 25, 2010 19:27:41 GMT -1
If that is true was it due to a lack of knowledge/research, wouldn't we be able to do a better job today? To an extent, but then there would be that age old question as to whose opinion was correct. ...but what if YOU were given the project, would it not be tempting? The "project" wouldn't have come from the locals. I don't know what you know of Arbor Low but the stones are believed to have been toppled by Christianized locals in the early medieval. There is not much support for them to be corrected. You would need to sample the atmosphere of the place to understand this perspective, although saying that, I have never experienced the commonly experienced darkness reported by many. RR
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2010 5:46:31 GMT -1
Thanks, all good points.
My feelings, as someone who has spent all his working life in the building industry and has stood back may times and looked with satisfaction at a structure that has cost me blood, sweat & tears (literally!), to know that in years to come when it has fallen in to ruin, others will feel strongly enough to restore it to something even remotely close to its original condition, especially if it was used by generations of my kin.
Would the 'many' be Christianized locals by any chance?
Actually, thinking about it, there's a flint stone wall in Winchester that I rebuilt and it'll still be standing long after many of the houses I've built! ;D
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Post by mooncrone on Jan 18, 2016 14:07:19 GMT -1
Lovely pictures, thank you.
Not a location I've visited myself, maybe one day.
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