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*{{tq|"The Coffin Stone is located in Great Tottington Farm ..."}} Why "located in" rather than just "in"? |
*{{tq|"The Coffin Stone is located in Great Tottington Farm ..."}} Why "located in" rather than just "in"? |
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*{{tq|"It is also a short distance north of the Tottington springhead."}} I think it would be helpful to add a few words explaining what the Tottington springhead is, rather than expect the reader to follow the link. |
*{{tq|"It is also a short distance north of the Tottington springhead."}} I think it would be helpful to add a few words explaining what the Tottington springhead is, rather than expect the reader to follow the link. |
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*{{tq|"... about 400 metres (1,300 ft) northwest of Little Kit's Coty House"}} You had " |
*{{tq|"... about 400 metres (1,300 ft) northwest of Little Kit's Coty House"}} You had "south-eastern in the lead, so for consistency this ought to be "north-west". |
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*{{tq|"As of 2005, the site was not signposted ..."}} That was fourteen years ago. Is it signposted now? |
*{{tq|"As of 2005, the site was not signposted ..."}} That was fourteen years ago. Is it signposted now? |
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- Nominator(s): Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:45, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
This article is about a stone in Kent that was perhaps once part of a chambered long barrow erected in the Early Neolithic period. Several other articles in this series (Medway Megaliths) have already reached FA, and this article is presently a GA, but hopefully it can join the others. Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:45, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
Comments from Eric Corbett
Who could resist a coffin stone? I look forward to reading this and commenting later. Eric Corbett 22:23, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
And just to warn you, I am going to be very nit-picky if you don't mind. But if you do, then I'll leave your article well alone.
"The topmost stone was placed there by a farmer in the twentieth century"
I think you could justify the wordy "twentieth century" in the body of the article, but not in the image caption.- I don't see that linking "English" to "England" in the first sentence of the lead is particularly helpful.
" ... part of a destroyed chambered long barrow"
A bit a bit awkward. What about "... was once part of a chambered long barrow"?"Long barrow building was an architectural tradition ..."
I think that "Long-barrow" should be hyphenated."... was an architectural tradition widespread across Neolithic Europe although comprised various localised regional variants"
Seems like there's a word missing there? Comprised of perhaps? Comprising?"... found human bones near to the stone"
Why "near to" rather than just "near"?"... might once have stood upright in the local vicinity"
Doesn't "vicinity" imply local?
Location
"The Coffin Stone is located in Great Tottington Farm ..."
Why "located in" rather than just "in"?"It is also a short distance north of the Tottington springhead."
I think it would be helpful to add a few words explaining what the Tottington springhead is, rather than expect the reader to follow the link."... about 400 metres (1,300 ft) northwest of Little Kit's Coty House"
You had "south-eastern in the lead, so for consistency this ought to be "north-west"."As of 2005, the site was not signposted ..."
That was fourteen years ago. Is it signposted now?