I'm afraid moveable towers are not really much good for this job. The workforce needs to be raised up at the same rate as the stone. So when we start on the second stone the workforce towers have to be built again from scratch.
Alignment is not a problem. Bricklayers and masons have been using string for millenia. There IS a lot of timber, but Gordon has never said that the WHOLE job could be done in a day. In reality the ancient people would have had to fell, cut and shape the timber and deliver it to site. They would have had to dig the holes and they would have had to transport the stone to the site. We will have timber that has been prepared, cut to the correct lengths with pre-cut joints where needed, delivered to site and sorted. We will have the holes pre-dug and the stones will be within 40 feet of where we want them. The aim is only to show that the stones could be erected in a day.
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1st September 2003ce
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