goaten Wrote:
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> Some of Dave's objections I have seen before. I
> just don't think we can substitute pacing or any
> other "all too obvious" means to belittle the MY.
> Yes, many of the circles surveyed are rough and
> ready and in a bad state of repair but this was a
> professional surveyor who knew better than anyone
> what was required. The answer came only after it
> became clear that 100's of circles responded. He
> went across to Brittany and found the same
> measure. I think you mentioned Britain not to be
> seen in isolation.

Well, that was Kidson's observation ... although in a mediaeval, rather than a prehistoric, context.


>
> My inquiries have mainly been centered on this
> vexed question of method, Thom was stumped and
> when I communicated with Archie in 1985 I
> specifically asked for insight. There were no
> wooden rods and there was no pacing and we are
> reminded of how vacant Giza is of cubit rods. Some
> other method was at play and I think that this
> exceptional surveyor had surveyed something that
> had already been surveyed, IOW it takes one to
> know one.

Having spent Saturday afternoon trying to measure my mother's back garden, which consists of field grass and a lot of uneven ground, with two steel tapes, I now realize just a few of the physical difficulties involved in carrying out accurate surveys in the field. (Even the steel tapes wouldn't stay straight).

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