[Stones] Bodmin Moor Cairns

[Tom Murphy]

Hi all.

I have been a member of this list for a while but this is the first time I
have posted!!!   

Although my real interest lies in the field of Ancient Egypt and all
things "Egyptological" I hope my question is relevant to the group?

I am currently reading Megalithic Odyssey by Christian O'Brien (has anyone
else read it?   If so, what did you think of it?).   

The first half of the book details his "discovery" of very many stone
circles, and a vast array of cairns, on Bodmin Moor (some of the cairns
apparently contained around 15,000 tons of stone).   He details all of the
alignments that he thinks he has mapped between them.

The second half is the beginning of his theory of who built these sites
and where they might have originated (he follows this book up with two
further works - his basic premise being that these astronomical
circles/cairns were the result of teaching and instruction from a
"superior" group of individuals - The Genius of the Few - who originated
in Mesopotamia/Sumer and travelled throughout the world - including
Ancient Egypt).

I have not, as yet, had the good fortune to visit Bodmin Moor to see these
structures for myself but until I do, my question is: Were the stones that
were used to create these structures worked or cut in any way to fit
together, or just "piled up" together?   Given the great quantity of
material used and the supposed timescale in which they were built I would
find it even more extraordinary if the stones were shaped as if building a
wall!!!

Does anyone have any info/pics I might find useful?

Best regards,
Tom

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happiness is the pursuit of knowledge and the joy of understanding."
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