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nigelswift May 6, 2011 12:20:34
Replying to Sanctuary

Oooh, are you two talking mortise and tenon, a forerunner to Stonehenge. Now you're motoring!

S StoneGloves
StoneGloves May 6, 2011 13:17:28
Replying to nigelswift

Is there any uncertainty as to how the capstones were put into position on this type of monument, then? There should be other visible examples, in structures that may have collapsed, for instance.

S Sanctuary
Sanctuary May 6, 2011 14:04:16
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
Oooh, are you two talking mortise and tenon, a forerunner to Stonehenge. Now you're motoring!
As a carpenter for nearly 50 years at the best a rounded stub tenon, but not in the same context. It's only a thought because the stub mortice will be knocked out as the undercarriage of the capstone would have been sheered off.