[Stones] So, is this what some think of our heritage?

[Thelma Wilcox]

Well to change the subject slightly Ric, I was at Wayland's Smithy yesterday, which was of course restored in the 1960's, and in An Arch.Guide, 1973 (James Dyer), it looks somewhat different than it is today.  It seems, by the photo, to have had walling extending down the long flanks, and the kerbing stones seem somewhat different.  So the first restoration seems to have been superseded by a second later restoration.  As the photo is not too good it is difficult to interpret, but what does stand out is an exceptional uniform neatness, that it would not have necessarily had when it was first erected...Don't know if there is an report out there when it was originally done; apparently Atkinson excavated it 1962-63 - did he leave no stone untouched? ;)

  Thelma
       
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