Purpose of the stone rings revealed
I say!
After a great deal of research and thought, I have solved the issue of what purpose many of the ancient standing stones found in the far, far north served. It is quite obvious once you have visited the sites in question.
For example, the Ring of Brodgar, a magnificent henge, shown in the following three snaps:
Once one has stood in the centre of the ring of stones, and glanced around, it becomes most obvious that this was the site where late Neolithic man played cricket. As it was in those far off times, so it now is, then and now the game was not always a large crowd puller, so the standing stones were erected not merely to mark the boundary, but also to give the appearance of full attendance.
A few yards from the ring are several mounds. I took the following snap from one of these.
These are obviously where the hospitality suites were located. They say that bones have been found beneath these mounds. The late Neolithic version of the game was obviously even more violent than the game as played today, and would have resulted in numerous fatalities. The unfortunate victims would have been interred on the spot, and their location marked by appropriate branding. "Sigurd the Slinger" or "Svein the Slogger" would have lived on, to be exploited by future sponsors.
As for the purpose of the nearly Stones of Stenness, shown in my previous post, this was where the umpires would meet, to pronounce on matters such as 'stone tampering' (I'm assuming the ancient game was played with stones, rather than balls).
As there are many examples of ancient standing stones throughout the world, one can clearly see how popular was the ancient game of cricket.
MM III
After a great deal of research and thought, I have solved the issue of what purpose many of the ancient standing stones found in the far, far north served. It is quite obvious once you have visited the sites in question.
For example, the Ring of Brodgar, a magnificent henge, shown in the following three snaps:
Once one has stood in the centre of the ring of stones, and glanced around, it becomes most obvious that this was the site where late Neolithic man played cricket. As it was in those far off times, so it now is, then and now the game was not always a large crowd puller, so the standing stones were erected not merely to mark the boundary, but also to give the appearance of full attendance.
A few yards from the ring are several mounds. I took the following snap from one of these.
These are obviously where the hospitality suites were located. They say that bones have been found beneath these mounds. The late Neolithic version of the game was obviously even more violent than the game as played today, and would have resulted in numerous fatalities. The unfortunate victims would have been interred on the spot, and their location marked by appropriate branding. "Sigurd the Slinger" or "Svein the Slogger" would have lived on, to be exploited by future sponsors.
As for the purpose of the nearly Stones of Stenness, shown in my previous post, this was where the umpires would meet, to pronounce on matters such as 'stone tampering' (I'm assuming the ancient game was played with stones, rather than balls).
As there are many examples of ancient standing stones throughout the world, one can clearly see how popular was the ancient game of cricket.
MM III
posted by zomba at 12:45 PM
4 Comments:
Mingin'! Well done! Irrefutable! Why did no one ever thing of that before? The fact that they were playing creekit so long ago explains just about everything! Hotboy
I'm convinced too. After their daily three hrs of hunting and foraging, those neolithic folk needed other amusements. Some think they chose religion, but it was sport they picked.
WOW...that is very cool!
Makes sense when you put it like that.
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