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Reviewer: J Milburn (talk · contribs) 15:28, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]


How interesting; happy to offer a review. It's always surprised me just how many of these are dotted around. Swinside and Birkrigg stone circle were both very close to where I grew up, but I don't think people were really aware of them. Josh Milburn (talk) 15:28, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It must have been a lovely landscape to grow up in! Midnightblueowl (talk) 18:02, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The Nine Stones circle consists of nine sarsen megaliths which are irregularly spaced, with a diameter of 9.1 metres by 7.8 metres across." I initially read this as meaning that the stones had this diameter, which is obviously not correct.
  • "eight tons" Can we have this in metric as well? Google suggests just over 7 tonnes.
    • All of the measurements mentioned in this article are based on what the reliable sources actually stated. Thus, where they used the metric system, I added metric measurements into the article; where they used imperial, I applied imperial. However, I think that your point is a very valid one, so I will use the powers of Google to ascertain what the imperial/metric measurements are when the other is not specified. Midnightblueowl (talk) 20:07, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm not fussed about it at this stage, but I think some people might prefer you to standardise to either metric or imperial throughout- i.e., all measurements being "metric (imperial)" or all being "imperial (metric)". Josh Milburn (talk) 22:06, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The circle is located at the bottom of a narrow valley, which is unusual for a monument of this type.[refs] Within Dorset, the Rempstone stone circle was however also erected within a valley.[refs]" I don't want to mess up your referencing, but perhaps this could be rephrased to something like "The circle is located at the bottom of a narrow valley.[refs] Though this is unusual for a monument of this type,[refs] the Dorset Rempstone stone circle was also erected within a valley.[refs]"
  • "Gale later stated that this allegation "has never been substantiated"." Is allegation really the right word?

A strong article and a worthy subject. I've no doubt I'll be promoting soon. Josh Milburn (talk) 16:53, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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