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Stonehenge

Stone shifting 5

nigelswift N
nigelswift Sep 15, 2003 07:59:58
Replying to nigelswift

Talking of audacious hypotheses, I mentioned the project to one of the Neanderthals who said, between sips of beer
"they put it on a sledge, waited till Winter, built a ramp out of snow and pulled it up that"....

F FourWinds
FourWinds Sep 15, 2003 12:04:37
Replying to nigelswift

Using frozen ground as an aid for moving the stones has been mooted several times in the past.

It especially ties in with doing the work during the winter months when farming activity would have been at a low.

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