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Coffin Stone

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Nominator(s): Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:45, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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?
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