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"Kintyre also has a fine collection of standing stones, from single stones to multiple stones, for example at Ballochroy (Fig. 1.5). The association of a cist with the standing stones here is suggestive of a Bronze Age date, although not definitively demonstrated. The 38 documented panels of rock art may also date to this period (RCAHMS 1971, 52-61; Stevenson 1997)."
- although not definitively demonstrated -
The stones appeared to me to very strongly represent something astronomical in addition to the promoted archaeological/archaeoastronomical consensus of one of Alexander Thom's solstitial sites that never was - except by coincidence (Burl) regarding the mid-winter solstice to southwest. Largely also due to the work of Clive Ruggles in demolishing the degree of accuracy achievable at prehistoric astronomical observatories, not the least at Scottish sites.
I turned my gaze to Scottish sites for the first time recently, starting at Ballochroy/Kintraw, in the wake of my research way down south!
Using conclusions from that research, I believe I have convincingly dated the stones to around the 3000BC epoch. Furthermore, the accuracy to which the stones have been laid out reflect an observational accuracy of the builders to 1/6 of a degree, exactly "on the money" as per my starting hypothesis. This puts a completely different perspective on why Kintraw was brought into play - a scientific objective to increase the accuracy of their "instrumentation" of the day!
The authors' should keep their comment well in mind.
Look to Academia.edu for my report coming shortly.
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