The Modern Antiquarian. Stone Circles, Ancient Sites, Neolithic Monuments, Ancient Monuments, Prehistoric Sites, Megalithic MysteriesThe Modern Antiquarian
Home Latest Posts Forums Maps Help
Browse Sites News Blog Contributors The Books
Head To Head   The Modern Antiquarian   Stonehenge and its Environs Forum Start a topic | Search
Stonehenge and its Environs
Re: The bluestone debate
390 messages
Select a forum:
I did some experiments dragging various sized stones across my lawn with a spring balance to measure the force required. It turned out to require a horizontal pull of something like 80% of the weight of the stone to keep it moving once it was started. So proportionally a 40 ton stone would need about 32 tons to drag it over grass.

A man pulling can easily produce 50kg of pull, so it would need about 20 men per ton or around 640 men to drag a 40 ton stone (Quote)

Until they became tired, perhaps 30 minutes at most.

And were did these 640 men (and there women and children live) and who supported them for at least 20 years?

Why would intelligent Homo sapian sapiens (modern man) use 640 men to do a job that could have been done by just 60?


Reply | with quote		Posted by GordonP
18th November 2008ce
18:36

In reply to:

Re: The bluestone debate (Steve Gray)

1 reply:

Re: The bluestone debate (Steve Gray)

Messages in this topic:

Terms & Conditions  |  Home  |  Julian Cope presents Head Heritage Top of page