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Re: Stonehenge lintel holes
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...what they created in the outer circle was a load of uprights all connected with a ring beam. It enables any local strain to be redistributed and shared right round the circle. If one upright wanted to fall down, the others wouldn't let it.


Yup, that (and VBB's comments above) makes sense. What, actually, is the thinking on why the lintels eventually did come down? Wanton destruction or natural causes (or both)?


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Littlestone
Posted by Littlestone
20th December 2006ce
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