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I think if you multiply land distance x total weight the two feats are pretty similar. But in terms of the practicalities, bringing the sarsens twenty miles was far more impressive. Yet the internet is full of how wondrous it is that the bluestones came from Wales and there's far less about the real miraculous achievement. It's not fair. The real heroes aren't getting the credit they're owed. ;) "Bringing the sarsens twenty miles was far more impressive." Quite. Logic dictates that if, (given similar terrain) you are be able to move x number of large stones over x distance, you would be equally able to move a number of smaller stones over a longer distance. The time it takes and the manpower needed might vary but ancient builders weren't tied into construction contracts but (more likely) into seasonal dictates. We'll probably crack the conundrum of 'how' and 'from where' eventually. Having lost the box with the instructions years ago however it's still fun to speculate - "Whichever way you turn are doors. Choose." :-) A game of Henge, my masters? The pieces are set. We lost the box with instructions years ago. Do you see Hangman? Or Clock Patience? Building bricks the gods grew out of? Dominoes? It's your move. You're in the ring of the hills, of the stones, of the walls of your skull. You want to go? You want out? Good - that's the game. Whichever way you turn are doors. Choose. Step through, so... And whichever world you stumble into will be different from all the others, only what they might have been, you'll never know. Philip Goss Reply | with quote |  3rd July 2009ce 09:54 In reply to: Re: The Blue Stone Enigma (nigelswift) |
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