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Mr Hamhead M
Mr Hamhead May 12, 2010 21:38:33
Replying to Megalithics

I don't believe the capstone ever sat on just the back and front uprights...I think the back upright fell when the capstone was dragged into place.
As for the hole...who knows....we can talk and talk about it till the cows come home...its been there since the first record of the site was made...we ain't ever going to know the truth.

Mr H

M Megalithics
Megalithics May 13, 2010 10:22:34
Replying to Mr Hamhead

Mr Hamhead wrote:
I don't believe the capstone ever sat on just the back and front uprights...I think the back upright fell when the capstone was dragged into place.
Mr H
Interesting, so do you believe the monument was abandoned during construction after the back slab fell?

Considering the expertise in juggling multi-ton lumps of rock shown by the rest of the monument, it would seem that a back-slab re-erection would not have been too much trouble.

As you correctly state, we'll never know.

You can almost hear the builders - "Easy, easy, just a couple of (insert period correct length units here) more, nearly there, CRUNCH! - OH BU@@ER!"

Maggie & Keith

H Horsedrawn
Horsedrawn Apr 24, 2011 10:41:48
Replying to Mr Hamhead

"....we become more anxious to acquire the knowledge respecting it which we are at the same time conscious we can never attain."

Cyrus Redding 1842.