[Stones] Berwick St James

[Thelma Wilcox]

Hi Ric,  Naming of stones is accidental, through folklore, historic interpretation and  a christian viewpoint.  "Altar" is justified because it is in the "recumbent" sacrificial position, Hardy's Tess slept on the Stonehenge altar stone.  Coves often have a recumbent stone perhaps that is where the idea started from but there again you could call the altar stone, stone 58, but it hardly kickstarts the imagination  ;)
  Thelma

Ric <megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
  the so-called 'altar stone' currently at Stonehenge is probably a fallen (central) monolith, which would basically mirror the arrangement at Avebury's South Inner Circle, which was centred by a tall 'Obelisk' of some 21 feet / 7 metres; incidentally, this colossus was 'ground to dust' in the eighteenth century - not one atom of its huge bulk remains anywhere to be seen, today ...

jtg <jtg.germainsjy at localdial.com> wrote:         v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}        st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                Wot? No alter ego?
   
  What price Back-end-of-foot Stones?
   
    John Germain

Jersey
British Channel Islands 

      
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  From: stones-bounces at henge.org.uk [mailto:stones-bounces at henge.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ric
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 4:24 AM
To: The Stones Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Stones] Berwick St James

   
    the use of the word 'altar' is a cultural anachronism here, as far as i am aware - i know of no altars per se from the Neolithic or Bronze Age?

     

    in this context - and i stand to be corrected - i would strongly disapprove of any moves to transport the said stone to Stonehenge




  ric
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