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Moth M
Moth Nov 22, 2004 22:39:36
Replying to suave harv

Yeah - the famous photo of the BIG excavations of the ditch had that effect on me!

I'd love someone to prove the stones were painted.

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Moth

S suave harv
suave harv Nov 22, 2004 22:42:06
Replying to Moth

Sometimes it's best not to know . . . I never quite felt the same about the Easter Island statues when I found out they all wore hats once!

S StoneLifter
StoneLifter Nov 23, 2004 08:16:51
Replying to Moth

I can show you a railway bridge that was painted one side with ochre. There are several fieldwalls I know to have been also painted with red ochre wash so the evidence is strong in one of the most old-fashioned parts of the country. Can anyone remember front steps being whitened with a 'donkey stone' ?