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Let's listen to Anne Macaulay, on the subject of the Arundel Stone: ‘The precise length of the Greek Fathom remained unknown until professor Fernie re-examined the Arundel stone' (p.38) – the reference here is to Eric Fernie, ‘The Greek Metrological Relief in Oxford,’ Antiquities Journal, 1981, pp. 255-62. What she here calls the Greek fathom is identical with Thom’s Megalithic Rod - that's the vital point. She explains, ‘The Greek fathom is defined from fingertip to fingertip of the male figure’s outstretched arms.’ As she points out, Prof. Fernie didn't like the notion of a fathom with seven feet – use of seven as a base for mensuration would be strange. Pythagoras was born on Samos, where this Arundel Stone came from.
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