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Is it possible to get better pictures? I can't see a "sword" or a "shield" in either of these two images. The "detail" photo just looks like a rock. Am I missing something?
- The hilt of the "sword" points NE and the blade points SW on the image. The length of the image follows the fissures in the rock. It is a bit easier to see if you turn tilt your head 45 degrees to the right. I can't see a shiled though. The first thing that jumps to my mind is that the hilt of the sword looks way too big and the blade too short. In my book: a cute story but a hoax. Valentinian (talk) 12:49, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
The Westford carving is most definetely a hoax, though that does dot of itself disprove the possibility that Sir Henry Sinclair made an expedition to America. There is, however, no doubt at all that the Sinclair/Templar fleet story is derived from the writings of Fr. Hay, an 18th Century Paris-based romanticist. CSinc.
[edit] Henry Sinclair never travelled to America
Henry Sinclair travelled to America in 1398? Where's the evidence? What about the Orkney Manorial Records, don't they place him in Scotland during this period of time? And Henry Sinclair's descendants in America, what do they know about this fantastic piece of earth-shattering history?
Brian Smith, Earl Henry Sinclair's fictitious trip to America http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ahamilton/sinclair.htm First published in New Orkney Antiquarian Journal, vol. 2, 2002 Wfgh66 (talk) 13:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
