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PeterL

Bruce > wrote in news:5NqdnZ9V4p_-
:

> PeterL wrote:
>> So, not much information is about to find out *why* it was built, but
>> having the sun strike the back wall........... during the
solstice....
>> where's the alter?
>
> No altar as such. There are many theories as to why it was built. You
> may find Sigurd Towrie's website <www.orkneyjar.com> of some interest,
> especially page <www.orkneyjar.com/history/maeshowe/acoustics.htm>

Thanks, will check it out when I have a couple of spare hours!!!

> And Golgotha monastery on Papa Stronsay is not the first, see my
website
> for links.

Yep, been looking at the photos of the digs, especially where they
unearthed the 'alter'.

Oh, and the 'graves'.

I find it *intensely* interesting that there is a pub in Reykjavik,
Iceland, named after a guy (Gaukur) who was killed by the ancestor of a
dude who carved some graffiti in Maeshowes' walls 200 years after his
ancestors death!! *And* with the axe that belonged to the defeated
Gaukur!!

BTW, where abouts in the tomb is the rune graffiti??

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Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

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