Talk:Axial stone circle

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I have no background knowledge on this topic which is simultaneously an advantage and disadvantage. So far as I have found out, Ó Nualláin introduced the term Cork–Kerry stone circle to distinguish them from the Aberdeenshire recumbent stone circles. He introduced the term axial stone at the same time but did not use the term "axial stone circle". I notice Adam Welfare in his book on the Scottish recumbent stone circles credits Ó Nualláin with recognising the important axial nature of these structures (Scottish and Irish). Ó Nualláin then subdivided his Irish circles into "multiple" and "five-stone" stone circles. So far so good. Then the term "axial stone circle" crept in and has become very widely used but some people seem to use it for only the MSCs (which I followed when creating this article). Others use axial stone circle for both types – in other words as a synonym of both the Cork–Kerry and (Irish) recumbents. A couple of our articles on five-stones are calling them axial stone circles and there is no doubt they have an axial stone. Is there a right or wrong here? Should I add five-stone into the present article or should I change the name of this article to "multiple stone circle" or "multiple-stone circle", neither of which is very descriptive. An article "five-stone stone circle" would be OK, I think, but it might better as a redirect into an expanded version of this. Views? Thincat (talk) 20:12, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have decided to expand this article to cover both types of axial stone circle (explaining the ambiguity) and to have two separate list articles List of axial multiple-stone circles and List of axial five-stone circles with List of axial stone circles redirecting to the former. Thincat (talk) 19:22, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]