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Stonehenge lintel holes

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Pete G Dec 20, 2006 22:44:50

Replying to The Eternal

There are photos in Hawkins' book Mindsteps to the Cosmos which show the holes as being 3 inches across.
He speculated whether they could have held wooden markers to measure astronomical alignments.

Could the fallen lintel with the double holes have been reused from a previous monument like the bluestones were?
PeteG

The Eternal Dec 20, 2006 22:54:24

Replying to Pete G

PeteG,
Worth thinking about.........
TE.

Littlestone Dec 20, 2006 23:02:37

Replying to Pete G

There must be photos or diagrams somewhere that show the tops of all the remaining lintels - without that info we can't even begin to speculate on what the remaining mortises were for (if anything).