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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 :)

Aye, they built 'em to last in the Old days...and such style too! Hope your backache gets better, I've been housebound for nearly a month, on and off, cant wait to get out again!! :-(

slumpystones wrote:
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.
Surely the original builders were using much more than bare hands and brute strength!
All the monumental stone constructions from the ancients have been a puzzle to modern builders, but clearly way back then they knew about levers, inclined planes, wheels, greased tracks, etc. In other words, they were using their brains too, to build mechanisms and strategies for accomplishing what we have a hard time imaging doing without our giant machines today.