The Hurlers​…Mapping the Sun

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Littlestone Sep 24, 2013 11:59:10
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Littlestone wrote:
Could that indicate that the path lead to a (much) later building with perhaps a step at the end. Maybe even a path between two buildings...
Having said that, a Daily Mail article of yesterday quotes lead archaeologist Jacky Nowakowski as saying, “We have already found two prehistoric flint tools in amongst the stones...”

That’s not definitive though is it, but we may be back to an earlier date for the pavement.

S Sanctuary
Sanctuary Sep 24, 2013 12:33:15
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Littlestone wrote:
Littlestone wrote:
Could that indicate that the path lead to a (much) later building with perhaps a step at the end. Maybe even a path between two buildings...
Having said that, a Daily Mail article of yesterday quotes lead archaeologist Jacky Nowakowski as saying, “We have already found two prehistoric flint tools in amongst the stones...”

That’s not definitive though is it, but we may be back to an earlier date for the pavement.

Whenever anyone mentions flint tools my mind always goes back to Phil Harding who only has to walk across a field anywhere it would seem to find flint 'tools'. But are they all really tools? Ploughing can 'knap' a flint just as it can if you dropped any old rock on top of a lump of flint, so how do you tell the difference...and likewise their age?