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I love that story of the builder.

The guy just connected very deeply with people just like him who lived thousands of years ago and who looked on building a long-barrow in the same way he might look on the building of a semi.

For some reason I find that quite cool...

Yeah Tis well cool!!

It was indeed. It was good to see him evaluating the whole layout from a purely mechanical point of view [instead of the emotional like me!], asking where the stones would have come from, working out the easiest route to the site, and how they would have been held in place. Judging the largest stones at about 12 tons he literally wiped his brow as if he was a Neolithic site foreman, trying to work out how they were to be stood up without toppling off the edge. His [very quiet] mate stood by for short whispered chats, both of them lost in the whole idea of creating a monument with nothing but bare hands and brute strength.

Too much exercise yesterday means I can't go back today, but it was worth the backache :)