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Stonehenge and its Environs
Re: The bluestone debate
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GordonP wrote:
Can you quote some examples of big stones being successfully moved on rollers?


I already have. The Egyptians moved much larger stones than you are considering and documented their methods.

Can you quote some big stones being moved successfully by stone-rowing in a distance-time scale that comes even remotely near that of dragging?

I think it's highly likely that levering would have been used as a method of moving stones over difficult terrain or over (very) short distances, but you seem to want to discount dragging altogether just because it is an inconvenient challenge to your pet cause.

As you know I was a strong supporter of your stone-rowing idea until I saw the evidence of the only real first-hand example that we both have -- Foamhenge.


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Steve Gray
Posted by Steve Gray
18th November 2008ce
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