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28th August 08, 02:30 AM
#1
 Standing Stone Circle- 12 apostles!
Emma and ai have taken the dugs oot fur a few wee adventures recently...
takin' in maire o' the wonderful sites roon Dumfries...
this day it wuz the Twelve apostles...a Neolithic stane circle...
it is the largest stane circle (henge) in Scotland...
here is the info plaque...
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28th August 08, 02:38 AM
#2
very hard tae get the hale circle in a piccie...
here is the entire circle...
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28th August 08, 02:39 AM
#3
very few o' the stanes arr still standin'...
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28th August 08, 02:41 AM
#4
they have fallen...
been worn doon, broken... and several e'en carried aff...
o'er the last 4000 year...
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28th August 08, 02:43 AM
#5
ai read that there were probably maire than 20 stanes when the circle wuz built...
noo there are 11...
Last edited by Pour1Malt; 28th August 08 at 02:49 AM.
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28th August 08, 02:49 AM
#6
a few thoosan' years later..
when christianity came tae these pairts...
they named the circle "Twelve Apostles" tae try take make it seem like it wuz christian...
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28th August 08, 02:50 AM
#7
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28th August 08, 02:51 AM
#8
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28th August 08, 02:53 AM
#9
the bouys certainly had a grand time chasin' the ball...
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28th August 08, 02:54 AM
#10
Riley an Taffee...
restin' oan a (no langer standin' ) stane...
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