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In the old postcard picture those small blocks lying underneath might perhaps have been 'field clearance' stones. The larger ones seem genuine enough. Oddly I have a hand axe, of chipped Greenstone, that is very similar in shape to the capstone. As above, so below ?

StoneLifter wrote:
As above, so below ?
Interesting that you should quote H.T. Colin Richards reckons that some capstones were quarried from the land surface immediately below the subsequent cap .