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Steves anchor stone would probably work more efficiently if it was half buried as well as staked.
On the other hand that would bring us into an interesting and perhaps dangerous dialogue with the archaeologists as to where was the archaeological evidence. It would be tempting for us to point at the Aubrey holes, but it would be a high risk claim. On the other hand, they are placed precisely opposite each part of the outer sarsen circle in the way you'd expect, and original use for construction purposes isn't precluded by the fact they had significant astronomical placement or subsequent ritual use.

It's a ticklish one. Should we stick to just stakes, on the grounds the evidence for those won't be there, even though we may secretly think putting the anchor in a hole might be more efficient and more likely?

We could also just use a heavier anchor stone. I'm pretty sure a 20 tonner wouldn't budge, but the lintel is 10 tons, it will be on site and we don't need to erect it until the uprights are in place. The stakes are just adding braces to the belt. The stakes might work by themselves if they were deep enough (3 feet or so?), but the anchor stone just makes sure that the rope can't pull them up.

It was a very tongue-in-cheek suggestion that it might explain some of the holes. Although it could be argued that any apparent astronomical alignment of the Aubrey holes may just be coincidentally related to the astronomical alignments of the outer sarsens. There are the Y and Z holes too. Could these have been for the erection of the trilithons?