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Stonehenge

Stone shifting 5

Steve Gray S
Steve Gray Sep 15, 2003 14:16:50
Replying to FourWinds

Do we know what the climate was like in those days? The winter of 1987 was sufficiently severe to freeze the top 10" of ground (I know 'cos I was digging foundations for my house), so that would have been more than ample to render boggy ground passable. However, in recent years, the ice crust would have been pretty thin. I don't think it would have supported a 40 tonner.

P pebblesfromheaven
pebblesfromheaven Sep 15, 2003 14:28:58
Replying to Steve Gray

Other considerations:
You can't dig a pit for the stone in frozen ground you'd have to plan months ahead

You'd have to know where all the bogs were in order to stop it from sinking in mud if it thawed!

But it'd be one way of getting it downhill fast...

.o0O0o.

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