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saracem
stones were left rough and collected from
Marlborough Downs as were the stones at Avebury. There are only
two
still in place. It was at this
perimeter that Flynn's crew discovered a
skeleton half buried under the toppled stone.
From articles
in a decaying pouch near the skeleton, they
determined the remains to be from the 1600s.
The research team believe that the male was
involved in the process of removing the
stones. From its position, Flynn
surmised that while breaking up the rocks,
(probably by lighting a fire
beneath the stone and then dousing it with cold
water.--ed) one
fragment toppled and sent the fellow to his
untimely demise.
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Also found on the site were small
fetish statuettes.
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Dubbed by the crew as the Sleeping Widow,
the small clay figurines depict a woman
reclining with several beer kegs and a pitcher.
This is in keeping
with the other sexual symbolism
associated with site. Columnar stones were
placed atop triangular ones and the entire circle
depicted the cycle of life.
The other design that had Ebbie baffled
appears to be variations on the Clan crescent,
leading Flynn to believe that the site existed
around the time of the unification of
the 3 tribes into Clan MacThoy.
It hoped that the dating of these and
other relics will help enforce Flynn's
theory that the MacThoys predate the
Indo-European expansions.
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