Re: Archaeologists probing Newport's famous Old Stone Tower


"jois" <firstjois@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Oct 18, 8:17 pm, Eric Stevens <eric.stev...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 18 Oct 2006 12:50:34 -0700, "George" <gbl...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:







Doug Weller wrote:
rOn 17 Oct 2006 12:38:51 -0700, in sci.archaeology, George wrote:

And there I was thinking that they were archaeologists and not
ohmygollygeeists..
Will there be as much publicity when they have finished their
questionable activities ?

No, that quote is from someone who has nothing to do with the dig.

Okay :-)
I'm wary of the preconceptions as reported.
As the article on your page says:
The tower has already been investigated and the C14 in the mortar given
a date that agrees with the literature of the time.Umm. That last is
not quite correct, you know. Apart from the fact
that aspects of the C14 dating are questionable, there is NO
literature of any time which documents the construction of the Newport
Tower. That is part of the problem.

Eric Stevens- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Newport is a tourist town now and this dig and the continual questions
about the eight footed tower does attract visiters. But the tower is a
duplicate of the one on someone's grandfather's farm in England. There
are papers, drawings, and all sorts of things on display or available
at the local libraries.

Has anyone seen a copy of the thesis mentioned above?

Jois

Yes,
but that English 'origin' turned out to be a copy of a 12th century building
now in ruins called 'Sverker's chaple' in Alvastra, Östergötland Sweden. So
either you accept a possible earlier influence or you don't.

Inger E



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