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StoneGloves Jun 27, 2009 23:09:34
Replying to tonyh

Think where your clothes come from - it's not too different. Put together they make an 'outfit'. With stones the process is now called curatorship. The model of stone use, that was recently proposed by the Time Team academics, (and whom I despise), doesn't include the three trunks in a row from under the car park. As I see it these Mesolithic installations were the first structure at the site. In a way it's just a distraction to concentrate on the sources of stone too much. Near to where I live there's a black shopfront, named Marble World - but it doesn't sell any marbles!

T tonyh
tonyh Jun 28, 2009 08:12:52
Replying to StoneGloves

[quote="StoneGloves"]Think where your clothes come from - it's not too different. Put together they make an 'outfit'. /quote]


Thats another way of looking at it.

So the reasons for linking the stones together and bringing the Stones from Wales to Wessex so far are..

To make an 'outfit'

They are linked by coming from an area We call Wales (It's not yet proven that all the Bluestones come from Wales)

Welsh Tribes brought a Stone (That was of importance or reminded them of home. Possibly?) from their particular part of Wales.

Incidentally..

Not all of the Spotted Dolerite's are the same...

Not only are they not all the same colour. they are also not composed of the same material.. The Spot's are of differant material, size and colour.

I think I have it right in saying the Stone with the smaller spots is hard and durable, while the Stone with larger spots is less durable as it brittle. The spots work as flaws in the Stone. Not so good as a concussion tool

Tony