tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787185370858787658.post1487297933414237512..comments2024-01-30T06:35:10.103+00:00Comments on www.Sarsen.org: Looking down on Stone 11Tim Dawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10667360714222841797noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787185370858787658.post-81157455776715140452017-01-25T22:51:37.524+00:002017-01-25T22:51:37.524+00:00S-11 is one of my favorites too, as this punky, en...S-11 is one of my favorites too, as this punky, enigmatic little thing is fertile soil for a great many imaginings.<br /><br />I believe the outward lean and the stone's upper breakage are related. For the most part during the robbing period only previously fallen stones were removed. (The fallen Slaughter Stone is not only an example of failure, but also illustrates the point.) But this is not to say that attempts weren't made on standers, and I think S-11 was one of these.<br /><br />It's pitched into it's erection ramp, and to my knowledge, the only other stones to do this were S-6 and the aperture stones, which, because the lintels are still seated, happened naturally. So rope was slung around the top of -11 and draft horses started yanking it over and snapping it off, perhaps at at bedding fissure. They took the small chunk and left the broken upright to lean forever.<br /><br />Like you, I also believe that there's a direct correlation between Stone-11 and the Southern Entrance (or Exit!) A line from the Circle's center, drawn through -11, winds up bisecting the gap almost perfectly. It's off cardinal south by a degree or so to the west, but who's to say they didn't think it was right on the money?<br /><br />It may also be related to the Moon's monthly cycle. As Mike and Dan Johnson point out, if we count the Stones in the Circle we wind up with 29 ... and a half. So this tradition, like a number of other alignment curiosities, may have been carried over from earlier days.<br /><br />The flairing of the stone as it rises, in addition to the tenons on -10 and -12 is pretty compelling that it did indeed have a lintel.<br /><br />Great post! It's good to get back to the Stones for a while between important bouts of Tunnel Tawk.<br /><br />NeilND Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925248433335448747noreply@blogger.com